Word: forgottenness
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...government; about 200,000 eke out an existence in squalid refugee camps across the border in Bangladesh. A scattered, quiet diaspora scratches at the fringe of society in countries as far-flung as Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. Stateless and unwanted, they are one of the world's most forgotten people...
...Jacques Mistral, head of economic research at the French Institute of Foreign Relations in Paris says Thursday's move reflects a last-gasp provocation by the Bush administration, which has never forgotten France's emphatic non before the invasion of Iraq. Mistral - who was economic adviser at the French Embassy in Washington during the stormy period from 2001 to 2006 - says the current swipe at Roquefort will prove less economically threatening than the Iraq-triggered American public boycott of France's wines in 2003 - and shorter-lived than the deportation of French fries from Congress' menu. "Even from this administration...
...selection demonstrates real commitment to changing Washington by ensuring lofty campaign ideals are not forgotten when governing begins." - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, on Killefer's appointment, Washington Post...
...have kept quiet about their relatives' conditions struck a nerve with Maisel. He recently learned that his grandfather had been treated for severe depression with 12 rounds of electro-shock therapy before Maisel was born. "Here was this very important piece of my family history and it was almost forgotten within a generation or two," he says. To their credit, officials at the Oregon State Hospital had neatly numbered and catalogued each cremated patient. But for decades they kept the storeroom of canisters a secret from the outside world. Even when Milos Forman shot the 1975 movie One Flew Over...
...that clock be turned back? It depends partly on Congress but mainly on financial markets. If they come roaring back over the next few years, the whole clawback conversation will probably be forgotten. If they don't, investment banks and hedge funds will have to reinvent themselves to win back investors. Partnerships will make a comeback. Hedge funds will stop charging investors 20% fees. And clawbacks will be everywhere...