Re "A Forgotten Threat: Free Trade in Population," (May 7), I despair that we can get the immigration "breather" the article wisely recommends without first enacting true campaign finance reform.
Major eruptions are infrequent, making them a forgotten threat.
"Before I Forget," the threat of oblivion implicit in its title, originated under similarly urgent conditions.
In an often ugly world, they provide some welcome style.So forget the threat to luxury brands from the "democratisation" of fashion and the pressures of mass-market competition.
I don't remember the details of that particular disagreement -- we had so many -- but I will never forget his threat in the heat of the moment: "I'm going to quit rowing".
He then seemed to forget about his threat.
All the jubilation that follows can sound like an attempt to forget whatever existential threat the Scherzo poses.
Sometimes, under the starry soup that could make him feel as small as the creatures he pursued, Mr. Nguyen would forget about the threat of foreign imports, the fluctuating prices, the lingering tension along the docks.
"But when people say three months have lapsed and we can all have amnesia, we can forget about the threat, I remind them that terrorist organizations we host in our own communities plan their attacks months and years in advance, and so we have to be constantly vigilant until we have rooted them out".
Forget the U.S. threat, forget NATO and the E.U. and equivalency all those excuses for plying the path of barbarism.
The implication is that by depicting some Muslims as human beings, even proud American citizens, we might forget the looming threat of terrorism everywhere.
