Word: neglect
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After fighting a draining and divisive war that many neither understood nor supported, Viet Nam veterans returned to the U.S. to face public neglect or, worse, characterization as criminals by antiwar protesters. Viet Nam veterans have higher rates of suicide, divorce and mental breakdown than the population at large. Many became drug addicts in Viet Nam, and unemployment among veterans has been high...
...unique situation of the Afro-American Studies Department warrants the special attention of the entire Harvard community. I have before witnessed similar situations where benign neglect has proven fatal to the entity in question...
...which we see projected the face of the play's central character, Joe. Joe is haunted by the voice of a girl who once left him and his anguish increase as he mentally reenacts past relationships with his mother and a discarded Ophelia-both of whom he destroyed through neglect. The camera repeatedly closes in on Joe's face as the girl's taunts become increasingly strident, "You know that penny farthing hell you call your mind...that's where you think this is coming from don't you...behind the eyes." We expect some kind of catharsis...
...strategy for countering liberation theology was to take the term and broaden its definition. In his sermon, he spoke of "integral liberation" of the Latin American "seen in his entirety," an apparent indication that in his view, liberation theology has emphasized political and economic needs to the neglect of man's spiritual aspects. He added that the church should show "preferential yet not exclusive love for the poor...
...neglect of the play is understandable--Shakespeare never painted a more thoroughly ugly, corrupt society than the Vienna of Measure for Measure. The rulers are hypocrites, the police are incompetent, and even the clowns are annoying. The Duke, a Prospero-like character who stage-manages much of the plot, takes a good look around his city and decides it needs a house-cleaning. But he's too good-hearted to enforce the stringent laws himself, so he abdicates in favor of his deputy Angelo, leaving to wander the country as a monk...