Word: neglectful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bill Clinton's foreign policy--an issue of minimal resonance for voters more concerned about interest rates than Israel. To earlier charges that Clinton's foreign policy is "weak, indecisive, incoherent, inconsistent, vacillating, scattershot and self-contradictory," Dole added "rudderless and illusory," and said it's a product of "neglect, posturing, concessions and false triumphs ... a string of failures dressed up for television as victories." On Clinton's watch, Dole concluded, "This is not foreign relations; it is public relations...
...should also beware the high-pressure sales tactics of CompUSA salespeople. They're always eager to show off the flashy cases and graphics of their systems, but usually neglect to tell you about the machine's limitations unless you ask pointed questions. Given CompUSA's distance and poor selection, you can do better staying on this side of the River...
That year, in moves which echoed those of students nearly 25 years earlier, a group of students took over University Hall and the office of former president Derek C. Bok to protest what they perceived as the administration's neglect of the department...
After three years in Washington, Bennett was promoted to Secretary of Education by Reagan. Bennett immediately took on the teachers' unions, the granting of taxpayer-subsidized loans to middle-class students who used them for stereos and cars, and the neglect of the basics in schools and colleges. He promoted "the three Cs": content, character and parental choice in public schools. President Reagan observed during one Cabinet meeting, "I see that Bill here is in trouble again with the Washington Post." He paused, then added, "So what's wrong with the rest...
Today's economy has pushed many couples into working two or more jobs between them, and has contributed heavily to the neglect of parenting that lies behind many of the cultural pathologies he bemoans. But Bennett calls it a "cop-out," especially for the middle class, to blame family problems on the economy or insufficient help from the government. "If a couple really makes their children a priority," he says, "they will find jobs that allow them more time with their kids, even if that means making less money and living someplace less expensive...