Word: neglect
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...this day and age, politicians are often stereotyped as greedy, selfish individuals who neglect the ideals of community service once in office...
...couple of movie-mad kids from Queens, New York. Their parents, Bob recalls, "used the local theater as a baby-sitter. They'd drop us off at a triple feature and pick us up six hours later." (The boys must be grateful for the benign neglect of Miriam and Max Weinstein; the company is named after them.) After a stint as rock-concert promoters in Buffalo, New York, Harvey and Bob got into film distribution, making their rep with the 1989 hits sex, lies, and videotape and My Left Foot. Often they saw themselves as custom tailors, trimming foreign films...
...Tamagotchi, a digital gadget that doubles as a pet chick. Available soon in the U.S., Tamagotchi (Japanese for cute little egg) hatches onscreen. Owners feed, amuse and clean up after their feathered friend by pressing buttons. If the bird begins to fade away, suspect fowl play. Owner neglect results in Tami's virtual death. Love is cruel...
...truth, I have enjoyed my classes here. I like sitting in the back of the room. When I have tired of that, I have scoured the course catalog and have discovered some wonderful small courses. And mother Harvard would probably defend her record by saying she must sometimes neglect her young in order that great minds can think great thoughts for the world. But let her be frank about her priorities, for we who have sat in Sanders and Emerson 105 countless times will not be easily fooled...
When is it too late to repair the damage wrought by physical and emotional abuse or neglect? For a time, at least, a child's brain is extremely forgiving. If a mother snaps out of her depression before her child is a year old, Dawson has found, brain activity in the left frontal lobe quickly picks up. However, the ability to rebound declines markedly as a child grows older. Many scientists believe that in the first few years of childhood there are a number of critical or sensitive periods, or "windows," when the brain demands certain types of input...