Word: derelicts
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...academy ought to be more than just a house of thought that happens to award diplomas. A university must identify the nation and the world’s chief challenges, and it should nudge its students into specializations accordingly. A university that fails to do so is derelict in its duty to society...
More generally, though, we feel that the method of hiring House masters needs to change to allow for greater flexibility and responsiveness to House communities. Masters should not be allowed to coast through their five guaranteed years derelict in their duties to students and tutors. Instead, if there is an overwhelming consensus among House residents that it is time for a change, University Hall should not hesitate to make one. Furthermore, when vetting prospective house masters, careful attention should be paid to how effectively candidates can perform the important social tasks that they must fulfill in order to give house...
...himself on a deserted beach ever since the death of his father in the Falklands War. He meets Woody - the friendly head of a local skinhead gang who take Shaun under their wing - and suddenly life starts looking up. Shaun collects friends and protectors, has fun smashing up derelict houses and even scores an older girlfriend...
...That deal called for the North to halt nuclear-weapons development in return for two light-water nuclear-power plants, which are difficult to use to generate fissile material for bombs. Clinton's presidency ended before the power plants could be completed and the projects today are derelict-evidence, in Pyongyang's eyes, of Washington's bad faith. But those who defend the Agreed Framework say all Bush had to do upon taking office was follow through, and several years of dangerous saber rattling in Northeast Asia could have been avoided. Says Graham Allison, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense...
...That deal called for the North to halt nuclear-weapons development in return for two light-water nuclear power plants, from which it is difficult to generate the fissile material for bombs. Clinton's presidency ended before the power plants could be completed, and the projects today are derelict--evidence, in Pyongyang's eyes, of Washington's bad faith. But those who defend the Agreed Framework say that if Bush had followed through, six years of dangerous saber rattling--not to mention Kim's successful testing of a nuclear device--may have been avoided...