Word: neglect
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...does not seem to me justified--certainly not in regard to Harvard--hastily to conclude tthat the present dramatic advances in the natural sciences are being effected at the expense of the humanities and social sciences, or that these disciplines are now suffering indifference and neglect. The Program for Harvard College was designed in considerable measure as at least a temporary safeguard against such an unhappy result...
...compound owned (but not occupied) by Finance Minister Morarji Desai, an ardent prohibitionist. One bootlegger proved to be the chauffeur of Bombay's chief justice, and his still was located in his employer's garage. The police of Maharashtra state informed local officials that they had to neglect ordinary criminals because they spent so much time on prohibition raids...
...Bondy, who had introduced coeducation in Germany. The Roepers joined him in Switzerland, where he and his wife opened a trilingual school; later they set up a U.S. branch (now the Windsor Mountain School, Lenox, Mass.); the Roepers then opened their own school in Detroit. In 1956, concerned about neglect of gifted kids, the Roepers decided to make it a place where "intellectual ability has prestige...
...accomplish Ampex's turnaround, Bill Roberts has had to neglect his low-90s golf game and better-than-average tennis, and sacrifice virtually all semblance of family life. But now, says he, "it's nearing the point where I'm beginning to be satisfied and lead a normal life. Today, we're running this company with predetermined objectives, not just taking a product and carrying it one little step further...
...Christians are learning," he concluded, "that there is no absolute prohibition except that against contempt or neglect for suffering...