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...responsibility law in 1995, under which courts can order parents or guardians to attend a "parent responsibility training program." Parents must complete the program and pay for its cost or be sanctioned for contempt. According to Glynn, Arkansas can also bring a criminal prosecution against a parent "whose gross neglect of parental duty" leads to the criminal acts of a child. Under that statute, however, parents face only a maximum $250 fine with no jail time...
...memoir), does it make a sound? This April--designated National Poetry Month by the Academy of American Poets--might be a good time to ponder that question. More admired in principle than in practice, more respected than read, American poetry has survived the '90s through a combination of benign neglect, accumulated goodwill and a devoted cult of readers who will still be on deck reciting favorite lines should the poetic Titanic ever go down. But there's good news: the lifeboats have been launched. This publishing season brings three books--J.D. McClatchy's Ten Commandments, Yusef Komunyakaa's Thieves...
...directors and educational boards with as much zeal as he supports the creative power of his students. Kohl points out case after case of wasted time and money, antiquated lunch programs leftover from the Roosevelt era, and badly needed text-books that rot away in basements due to simple neglect on the part of educational directors...
...editorial alleged that after authorizing and helping underwrite costs of over $2 million for the research, the bank has been treating the book with "not-so-benign neglect...
...floor, yet no textbooks are to be seen and all is ominously silent. With all eyes focusing on the television screen, tension builds as the group anxiously awaits the opening theme song of their favorite nighttime soap. Bound by their loyalty to Fox soaps, students forget their daily differences, neglect important assignments, cancel dates, and sit through 15 minutes of commercials dedicated to acne wash, tampons, and shampoo...