Word: disregard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote for Joel Hornstein," the posters read, claiming that Hornstein "supported open discrimination against gay men and lesbians... encouraged disregard of the UC's constitution, and caused students and faculty to lose much respect...
...real problem here is not disregard by the prince's staff for the basic principles of human rights. It is the willingness of American police officers to sell their services for lengthy hotel stays and disregard the protection of citizens and students. We believe that the Cambridge Police Department has failed to uphold its sworn duty to enforce the law, and that its officers have lied by denying that they witnessed an assualt that they had watched from a distance of 10 feet...
California politicians, dismayed that retailers widely disregard a state law outlawing sales of aerosol paint cans to minors, are churning out new penalties for taggers. A measure that would revoke the driver's license of anyone caught writing a graffito has been sent to Governor George Deukmejian for signing. Another bill would require store owners to lock up millions of cans of spray paint to prevent shoplifting by taggers. But it is unlikely that such supply-side measures will quench the tagging urges of the Los Angeles spray-can artist known as Chaka and his competitor Ozone, who have left...
Because they are in the unusual position of being a nationally known band that still plays local clubs, O-Positive is free of the reputation and "sound" which burden so many mainstream groups--they can sport a casual disregard for the pop music establishment, while unashamedly accepting its rewards. "We just play what we like," Herlihy says. "We dont try to write songs for anyone else...
Herlihy's words, his disregard for the demographics which so obsess record promoters, echo a sentiment that performers frequently express. "We haven't really worried about how [our music] is going to be received," he says proudly. "We just try to get ourselves excited about...