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Your report on hot lines for latchkey children [Dec. 19] gives the impression that it is all right to leave children without sitters as long as there is a phone service the youngster can call for help. On the contrary, this is child neglect. Nine-year-olds have not yet developed the ability to respond correctly to the various emergencies they may face...
Almost without exception, African governments have allowed a crucial part of their colonial inheritance-the infrastructure of roads, railways, cities and towns built by Europeans-to deteriorate. In Dar es Salaam, the once attractive capital of Tanzania, years of post-colonial neglect have left their ravages. Pavements are cracked and unrepaired. Manhole covers have disappeared and not been replaced. Buildings are unpainted and grimy. In many areas, garbage is no longer collected; thin wisps of pungent smoke curl up through the palm trees from burning piles of refuse...
...most other countries, the problem has been outright neglect of agriculture in favor of more glamorous industrial development. As population growth and urbanization have surged out of control, the plight of rural areas has worsened. Often the state pays artificially low prices for farm commodities in order to finance urban-development schemes and to lower prices for people in the cities. One result: the importation of food has tripled in Africa during the past decade. Nigeria, which was once largely self-sufficient, spends $2 billion a year on imported food. In terms of per capita income and the availability...
...House become so loosely tied to the University, most masters agree that they could use their loyal group of House alumni. "Why not take advantage of the alumni [for financing the upkeep of the Houses]?" Gomes asks, adding, "Part of the reason for the recent renovations is past neglect...
...tall towers of granite and glass must not come at the expense of displacement or neighborhood neglect," Flyno told to the near capacity audience...