Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think it might be a good experiment for Bennington, because Bennington has always emphasized the creative profile," Ryan said. "I can't imagine that it would be effective for us.... Obviously the scholarly perspective is an important one. A university like Harvard would be particularly foolish to abandon the scholarly perspective on literature and the arts...
...undergraduates want to abandon classical or alternative music, however...
...Clinton administration's point person on welfare reform, Ellwood is actually making his theories into national policy. Does he really want to abandon the job to deal with irate faculty and well-heeled alumni...
...needs to get them approved. Republicans have generally supported his effort because free trade has long been a G.O.P. first principle. But as the 103rd Congress ended last week with what White House chief of staff Leon Panetta called a "cry of anguish," most Republicans were willing to abandon years of doctrine in order to score some political points. And, as was the case on health-care and campaign-finance reform, the President's own party helped derail its leader's program: more than 75 Democrats refused to support GATT, and 50 more were wavering. One Democratic congressional aide watching...
With Gray Sexton's late adolescence came a certain awakening and a desire to "abandon" her mother. Fortunately, she was able to escape to Harvard and distance herself from the chaotic hold of her mother's constant need for attention and care. As a busy student, Gray Sexton found herself ignoring her mother's phone calls and obvious cries for help. Chronic depression, loneliness and alcoholism were taking their toll on her mother, but Gray Sexton, exhausted from care-giving, was compelled to remain distant. She writes, "in the last months of my mother's life I chose to ignore...