Word: neglect
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...with angry speeches and boos of derision. Frankly skeptical of a promise to continue fighting for the salary scale ($3,000 to $6,500) recommended by a city fact-finding commission, the teachers defiantly announced that they would continue their boycott: "Thirty-five thousand teachers cannot be charged with neglect of duty or insubordination...
...which took the forms of: 1. A reluctance to speak out on controversial issues in and out of class; 2. A reluctance to handle currently unpopular concepts even in classroom work where they may be part of the study program; 3. An unwillingness to join student political clubs; 4. Neglect of humanitarian causes because they may be suspect in the minds of politically unsophisticated officials...
...ever, much can be expected in the way of theatrical entertainment. Harvard sports are generally more successful in the won and lost column in the Spring and baseball or crew on a hot afternoon with a cold can of beer and a warm date enables the sometime student to neglect his studies comfortably...
Judge Dunne was more impressed by the medical evidence. He promptly ordered Cheryl Labrenz put under the guardianship of a court official (because of the parents' technical neglect). The guardian at once authorized transfusions. The apparatus had been set up in advance at Michael Reese Hospital. Not a minute was wasted in giving Baby Cheryl 60 ccs of blood. Within 48 hours, her red blood cells seemed to be winning the battle, and the doctors were confident that her life had been saved...
Hugh MacLennan, 44, is probably Canada's top novelist. In the U.S., his books (The Precipice, Two Solitudes) have sold moderately well but have failed to attract as much notice as they deserve. One reason for this neglect may be that MacLennan, like many another modest craftsman, makes poor copy for publishers' publicity. Instead of crusading, shouting or tying the English language into advance-guard knots, he quietly goes about his business, which is to write good, solid novels about Canadians...