Word: derelict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem is that Dr. Kissinger is a diplomat, not a policeman. He apparently found himself confronted with a situation in which highly secret information of an international nature was being leaked, and he took the necessary steps to have it halted. Personally, I believe [Kissinger] would have been derelict in his duty if he had not done everything in his power, including suggesting the imposition of wiretaps, to discover the source of dangerous leaks in the Government...
...Tonkin Gulf resolution at the request of Johnson, an old friend. Ostensibly designed to allow U.S. forces to hit back when attacked, the resolution was interpreted by Johnson as justifying full-scale land combat-the very last thing that Fulbright had in mind. Later he admitted: "I was derelict there...
...crime under control. The police log on one evening read, in part: "N/W corner 44th & B'way-camera picked up crowd and man dressed in black clothing. Upon investigation revealed minister preaching. Subject was advised of the procedure to follow in order to conduct such gathering ... Observed a derelict intoxicated -sleeping at island at B'way & 44th St. Disposition: Awakened subject & sent...
...even murderers have their good points. He is after something deeper, exploring the ambivalences of modern society. Verdoux deeply believes his acts are excusable, and we want to know why. The only time he allows himself to be swayed from his unhesitating ruthlessness is when he picks up a derelict girl (Marilyn Nash) in order to test a new poison and finds that she, like him, could "kill for love." When he discovers their similarity, she gains his respect. He removes her poisoned glass of wine with as skillful a subterfuge as he used to introduce it. After...
...untrained patrolmen and carrying such keys. Secondly, there was concern for the wisdom of entrusting these keys to graduate and undergraduate students who had had little if any clearance. It may be that we are too sensitive to this aspect of security. But certainly we should have been considered derelict in our duty if we had given students access to keys during the last five years; certainly Dean Dunlop at least would have been vastly distrubed by such a system as recently as the SDS convention of last spring; certainly the attitudes of the Faculty toward student representation...