Word: neglect
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...surface missiles of anything except extreme range. Army doctrine is that missiles are fine things, but they must be rugged, transportable, and easily concealed. Most important of all, they must be "G.I.-proof"; they will be under the care of plain soldiers, who will drop them, kick them, neglect them, spill ketchup on them. If made like laboratory instruments, they will not perform on the battlefield worth a G.I. damn...
...general throwing around of crockery, but the chief transgression was the month's flouting of the Overseers' ban on "dining and supping in private homes." Eventually the Overseers beat down the strike. The Board didn't blame the students entirely, rather it resolved, "that there has been great neglect in the Steward in the quality of the Butter provided by him for many weeks past...
...Bill DeGraaf of Cornell, choice 324, and Royce Flippin of Princeton, pick 334. Bill Meigs commented that while he was not called, he had received a long questionnaire this fall but had shown no great enthusiasm for it. He believed that his light weight had contributed to his neglect by the pros...
...Council--but usually only when the campus politicos make a very obvious mistake. This year's council has had its share of errors, but it is unfair to overlook its accomplishments while criticizing its failings. While scurrying about advising the administration, foreign students, and freshman, the Council did somehow neglect to keep its own little corner completely tidy. Because of ineptitude traceable to both the Council and the Bursar's Office, the Council was able to collect only one hundred dollars of the three thousand pledged at Registration. Before banking almost entirely on term bill collection for financial support...
...neglect of this principle has led to the appointment of Dr. Oppenheimer to give the William James lectures. Dr. Oppenheimer is a confessed liar; he has admitted that he told a whole tissue of lies in a field in which the lives and safety of us all were concerned. He has violated the code of the gentleman and of the truth-seeking scholar. He has not repented. His ethical perceptions are not sensitive. He does not recognize the enormity of the thing that he did. The University has violated sound principles in giving him the cloak of its prestige. Robert...