Word: forgottenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...History. It was in 1775, says Mr. Hughes, that Washington addressed the Continental Congress: "Should not a court be established by authority of Congress to take cognizance of prizes made by the Continental vessels?" The prize vessels got their court, and were forgotten. But the federal court has persisted for a century and a half, and culminates in the present Supreme Court which is designed to maintain the necessary balance 1) between State and Nation; 2) between individual rights as guaranteed by the constitution and social interest as expressed in legislation...
...Thomas Esmonde and his Lady Anna Frances delayed the sailing of the Cedric for eight minutes, because they had forgotten some jewels as ancient as King Charles II. A taxicab race was a feature of the recovery...
...Forgotten Faces (Olga Baklanova -A new face in a new seduction...
...goddess is exalted with the maddest and most foolish hymns to become a symbol of national power. . . . Meanwhile, true virtues . . . are forgotten...
...hand fights, imprisonment, penal servitude. Otis ransacks the heart of Africa for John Geste, who in turn is trying to find two lost friends, Buddy and Hank. The first coincidence: Otis and Geste, both serving in the Foreign Legion penal colony, are both dumped into a dark silo, and forgotten. Otis recognizes Geste by his boyhood expression-"stout fella." Second coincidence: in the middle of the desert Otis appeals to two Arab chiefs for aid, and finds that one of them is his long-lost brother in disguise. Moreover, the two of them are Geste's Buddy and Hank...