Word: disregard
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What could possess even our President to disregard the reports of his own commission that if not for Marcos' fraud, Mrs. Aquino would have 60 to 70 percent of the vote? And why is he condoning Marcos' violence...
MISDIRECTED AND IRRELEVANT: these are the two bests terms to describe the recent controversy over the Leverett House steam vents. Those who criticized the installation of the grates over the vents seem to feel that the grate issue is symptomatic of widespread disregard for the needs of the homeless; but the fact that controversy was generated over the issue at all is the real indication of a general insensitivity to the homeless's real problems...
...even then he never really put his finger on it. But it took only 60 minutes a week for Star Trek to illustrate those values: loyalty to friends (how many times had Kirk risked his ship to pull Scottie or Bones out of a jam?), an almost reckless disregard for personal safety, and commitment to self-selected duty. These are the values reflected in the equilibrium between Spock's cold-blooded logic and Dr. McCoy's mercurial emotionalism...
Bell's unbridled faith in institutional stability is ironic in light of his disregard for the customs of this institution, Harvard University. Not only did he disregard the principles of the long-established shopping period, he also repudiated students' intellectual curiosity for selfish reasons...
Shavell alleged that since CLS professors disregard much previous scholarship, they "are much less willing to look at indexes of merit...