Science is slow, and that is easy to forget amid all the political rhetoric.
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But if I reflect on history, it's pretty easy to become narcissistic and forget the fellow next to me.
But there's another form of envy that is frequently overlooked and that may be just as potent, especially in a metropolis where sunlight is at a premium and it's easy to forget that one remains part of the natural world.
The automatic bill payments system typically runs smoothly and on schedule but this reliability also makes it easy to forget about the merchants and bills you are paying.
Sometimes after recovering from a disaster, with enough time and distance it can be easy to forget the dangers still lurking.
In all that concrete, marble and glass, it's easy to forget it's a city made possible by water.
The rotten economic news over the summer and the deepening euro-zone mess mean it is easy to forget that countries that now account for half the world's output and most of its population are doing rather well.
His relaxed performances - with his guide dog by his side - at the despatch box, in the Labour Party's National Executive, and on the conference platform made it easy to forget his disability.
It is easy to get bogged down in the byzantine detail of the tax laws and forget to look up.
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Sometimes in the small car craze, its easy to forget about the big and tall, or those who simply want a little extra elbow room.
The blue-eyed Redondo Beach native looks like an ex-skateboarder, and his relaxed Southern California demeanor makes it easy to forget that he's famous in every modern art scene in the world.
It is easy to be diverted from this lofty goal and forget about those workers who sacrificed along with you.
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And the unity of Senate Democrats last week made it easy to forget that they have not always been pushing toward the same goal.
But it's easy to forget that Rodriguez was nearly as durable and far more valuable over the same span in his career.
Looking at the ease with which we now capture colour pictures and transmit them around the world in seconds it's easy to forget that it was not that long ago news agencies were transmitting their wire photographs as colour separations, usually cyan, magenta and yellow - a process that relied on Clerk Maxwell's discovery.
There were no allusions to the goings-on in Washington during his inauguration and, in the 80-degree Austin heat, it was easy to forget them.
Reading the news cycle for Samsung lately, it might be easy to forget that they sell more than just cell phones and tablets.
Swiss Made now a kind of shorthand for high quality timekeeping, it's easy to forget that London watches were preeminent throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the flush of early excitement, it is all too easy to forget that a relationship may turn sour and the figures for turnover at the top suggest a steeply rising corporate divorce rate.
Walking through, it is easy to forget that women spent their entire lives here under lock and key.
And Ohio State is the top-ranked team in the country, a relatively easy driving distance to Newark, and their fans will do anything right now to forget the troubles of the Buckeye football program.
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Easy as it can be to forget as we scrutinize the contracts and obligations and weigh them against the team's future needs, the Yankees are in the business not of getting the most wins for their dollar, but the most wins, and ancient players aren't going to hurt the cause.
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For all of us, it is so easy to forget what it must be like to be frail, old and needing help.
We may forget that it is not so easy for them to reach out and do thing we ourselves do if we want to.
When it comes to education , it is easy to forget that unlike Cambridge, New Haven, Palo Alto, and Princeton, New York City has more college students than Boston has residents!
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It is easy to forget that it was only several months ago that the economy was shrinking rapidly and many economists feared another Great Depression.
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In an era in which politicians are all too often greeted with indifference, it is easy to forget that Britain was once led by a woman who inspired passion - both love and loathing.
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