Word: neglectful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost as soon as he took office in 1953, Harvard's President Nathan Pusey made one thing clear: whatever else he might accomplish, he was determined to put new life into the Divinity School. The school had long suffered from neglect. It was operating with only three full-time professors, had not had a major fund-raising campaign between 1879 and 1949. Though a special committee set up by President Conant did urge that Harvard once again become "a strong center of religious learning," few alumni seemed to care whether Divinity survived...
...state, with quiet dignity, that TIME magazine owes me money. In fact, I have unfailingly so stated whenever the name of the magazine has been mentioned. Listing TIME among my accounts receivable is an asset out of all proportion to the amount of money involved, particularly since I always neglect to mention...
Modern Techniques. "Such developments raise questions about the adequacy of traditional forms of parish life . . . The convictions and decisions of individuals in many countries are reached under the pressure of a common mental climate which . . . media of mass communication tend to create. Hence the church cannot neglect the use of these same media, for it is essential that Christianity, the questions it asks and the answers it offers, should permeate the general consciousness . . . Serious thought should be given to a more realistic training of its ministry, including . . . service of theological students in industry...
Poverty? None of the victims were robbed. Neglect? All of the boys came from good homes; they belonged to the old, respected element. Ignorance? All had good school records. Organized crime? None belonged to hoodlum gangs which are the farm clubs of the New York underworld. Three of the four had been summer camp counselors; they liked athletics, played handball, swam at neighborhood pools, liked books and music...
...recklessness with which they are recommended as the 'best' for the future development of 'a child,' without an effort having been made to verify these predictions. Yet they are presented to parents as scientific facts, often with the implied or open threat that any neglect might injure the child and result in neurosis in the dim and dis tant future. Many child-psychology theorists talk with the voice of an oracle predicting future doom...