Word: forgottenness
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...quite familiar with such names and quite at home in the midst of Contemporary Art. "He proceeded to state, without false gusto, a few simple truths about Art, pointing out that Art, like Nature, never dies, that the old masters of today were once contemporaries, a fact too frequently forgotten by their exclusive worshippers, that the contemporaries of today will be the old masters of tomorrow, and that the function of the enlightened is to select them. He dwelt with considerable warmth on the part which Art and its appreciation plays in overcoming national prejudices, and securing international concord, concluding...
...quiet has been the official tongue about the proceedings of the Anglo-Russian parley in London (TIME, Apr. 28, May 19, June 16) that many were the people who had almost forgotten its existence...
...such formalities go, then, Wrangel Island belongs to the U. S. But for 40 years it was so neglected and forgotten that when Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, decided that it would be nice to claim it for Great Britain?that is, for Canada?a while ago, no one said him nay. The question of ownership is still regarded as "controversial...
...happen to us in connection with our foreign relations in case we reject the Report." He also said that he believed France would be easier to deal with now that the Lefts were in power and he reminded the reactionaries in no uncertain voice that they had apparently forgotten that Germany had lost...
...halls, run efficiently, would serve a definite purpose. One wishes that less reliance were placed on the fact that charges are put upon the term bill. Even this lure is forgotten when one is daily confronted with unpalatable food...