Word: disregard
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...does an individual, voted into office on a Republican ticket, have the right to disregard the voters who elected him and take up his own agenda? There should be a law that prevents officeholders from changing parties after an election. RICHARD J. BONNER Seattle...
...Crown Prince and Paras had become increasingly close in the past few months, and the two shared a disregard for what they saw as plebeian laws. Nicknamed the Killer Prince, Paras was involved in at least four hit-and-run fatalities and several incidents of discharging firearms in public places. Despite a public outcry last year, the King refused to revoke Paras' royal immunity from prosecution. The facts that Paras and his family emerged from the shooting spree virtually unscathed, and that it is his branch of the family that will benefit the most, have prompted much public frustration. Indeed...
...help them argue their case. They can protest that the death penalty is not cost effective, that it has a high rate of error or that it does not deter crime. Each of these arguments is sound and can be supported with strong empirical evidence. Even so, we should disregard these arguments entirely because it is simply unjust for the state to execute its citizens. Our government does not have the authority to commit murder...
Styron later added, after a student had pointed out his disregard of slave spiritualism in the novel, that “there is only so much one can put in a novel.” He explained that every author must make choices when creating his protagonist and the world he inhabits. “The novel is successful in elaborating upon the character if the choices are valid. I hope that my choices add up to a mosaic that form the totality of Nat Turner,” said Styron...
Harvard philosophy professors are united in criticizing the methodology of Leiter's report. But while they have universal disregard for the survey, some agreed with Leiter both that the department had declined from its mid-20th-century prime and that it may be on the verge of a renaissance...