Word: forgottenness
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...full measure of Alan's achievement will emerge as younger athletes, inspired by his feat, push themselves further than they otherwise might have. His triumph has the potential to spark a renaissance in track and field, motivating Americans to take an interest in a sport many seem to have forgotten...
...Independence Day is coming. It's late evening on Knutsford Boulevard in Kingston. The young Jamaicans who were outside club Asylum are safely inside. The riots, the tension--all forgotten, and perhaps they were overplayed by the press from the start. Jamaican tunes blast from the speakers; the dance floor is packed. One of the most popular ragga songs this season is Shake Yuh Bam Bam by the group T.O.K. The song samples Ricky Martin's hit Shake Your Bom-Bom but adds ragga's roughness. When Bam Bam comes on, the crowd goes wild...
...lyrics to a song he had written a few days before. A little later, with Second Act in the first strains of Dave Matthews Band’s “Tripping Billies,” Heck had to stop the music and confess that he had forgotten the first line. He asked if anyone knew what it was. From the audience came a loud shout, just after the music died, “We were sitting drinking!” Not quite the right words, but certainly an apt description. Such an indiscretion never would have happened...
That's why she's so pleased by the new law. But in case she had forgotten what she was up against, she was reminded at last Thursday's signing. A researcher lobbying for funding to test his new ADHD treatment technique was also there--as well as a representative from Novartis, the maker of Ritalin...
...plodding country, do little to improve the situation. The sense Thornton gives the listener is that while acting might be a craft he perfected back in the "Sling Blade" days, music is a passion he uses to drag into the open his most personal affairs. What he has forgotten in so doing, which he seems never to have forgotten as an actor, is the audience's need to be entertained...