Word: disregard
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...suggestion is a paltry attempt on the part of the University to recompense its hard-working junior faculty, an inadequacy that clearly reflects the disregard with which the University deals with its young professors...
Jewell may have a hard time winning a libel suit, because he would have to prove that something written or broadcast was false. If a court decides that Jewell is a public figure, he will also have to prove that the falsehood was intentional or made in reckless disregard of the truth. This issue of whether Jewell is a public figure is "a tough borderline case," says Vincent Blasi, a First Amendment expert at the Columbia University School...
...didn't learn their lesson. As I collected my clothes and turned around to go upstairs, they were embracing each other behind me, getting ready to go at it again. There are five other rooms in the Wigglesworth basement, all awaiting refurbishing and thus empty. These options, of course, disregard what should be the obvious choice for them, going to one of their rooms. I don't understand why they didn't. If they both have roommates, we all know the towel on the door trick. It's cheesy but it's worth it, because going behind closed doors would...
...thing to have the presidential race called early, when the majority of states have voted. It's tremendously unfair to those beyond the Central Time Zone and shows a tremendous amount of disregard for Alaska and Hawaii. Still, the national media does have an argument; most of the votes have been counted by the time they declare...
This is not the first time the national media has called races before the polls closed: they called the Governor's race in 1990, and I'm sure many others I don't remember. When faced with this situation, it is tradition for the candidates to vocally disregard the reports...