Word: disregard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about 23 weeks. Yet Republicans preferred to cling to their own doomed bill rather than give up a potent political issue or accept Daschle's exception to the ban for women whose pregnancies could cause "grievous physical injury"--even though that closes the mental-health loophole. If it's disregard for life that turns girls like Melissa into murderous monsters, then the Republicans need look no farther than themselves for someone to blame...
Christopher used to open his day with a small senior staff meeting of just a few aides in his personal office. Albright moved the meeting into a larger conference room, telling the participants that she preferred to avoid the bureaucracy and go to staffers directly. In fact, her disregard for normal protocol was well-known at the State Department because as U.N. ambassador she frequently called desk officers directly to ask for specific information on foreign countries...
...after a while, you'll have come to either trust my observational skills or disregard them. But--and this is the important part--I don't see how you can ever come to respect any praise I give to a team or a player unless I am open to criticizing it or him or her. It is precisely because I saw and remarked upon Prestifilippo's flaws that you should believe me when I say that he was the Crimson's MVP this past year, that he grew into his role and got better and better as the season went...
...lives dictates one's Harvard experience to a great degree. Students have legitimate reasons for their house preference. Although the University does have a responsibility to create an environment of open and interesting interchange, it is not clear that the goals and potential results of randomization balance such blatant disregard for our ability to choose...
...excerpt from the book by Mary Schiavo [BUSINESS, March 31], former Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, was the most disturbing article I have ever read in your magazine. Schiavo's story includes elements of negligence, conspiracy, profiteering and disregard for human life. I fly at least two times a week. After traveling within the U.S. and experiencing the flying-Greyhound level of quality and service there, I am relieved that I do most of my traveling on still regulated European airlines. I would rather pay more in order to avoid political profit issues and have a higher chance...