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Word: recollected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said it, or to whom it was said. In a series of tests with men and women 70 and over, Rabbitt and his colleagues found that a roomful of speakers was too much to juggle for many of the oldsters: those who remembered what was said could not recollect who said it; those who recalled who spoke could not remember what was said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Twilight of Memory | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...doctor who told the truth "was a wonderful doctor. And he didn't expect us to listen to him. It's not possible, I mean, if you're a human being." Asked to recollect his mother in happier circumstances, he said that she was very attractive, handsome, not beautiful, "because that would not be accurate." Lifting the mood, he added that she was a terrible cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mayor for All Seasons | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

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