Word: neglectfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...because of neglect, that one tiny crack has grown into a major headache for Harvard, as many of those so-called "fins" crucial to holding up the building have started to crumble...
...inveighing, though with affection, against God. Why so much, Gottenyu? If He wanted to teach His servant a lesson for some reason, some cause - the nature of His nature - to teach him, say, for reasons of his weakness, his pride, perhaps, during his years of prosperity, his frequent neglect of God - to give him a little lesson, why then any of the tragedies that had happened to him, any one would have sufficed to chasten him. But all together - the loss of both his children, his means of livelihood, Fanny's health and his - that was too much...
...three principal actors seem to be plumbing their characters for a substance and realism which never was intended and never can be found. As a consequence, they neglect to polish and refine the little details which would have given a rarefied touch to Coward's flight of fancy. Katherine Ferrance as Gilda is appropriately sleek, but one cannot believe that a character who doesn't know what to do with her own arms and legs can skillfully manipulate other people. Richard Council as the painter Otto is a bit too heavy and straightforward, he says witty things, but his tone...
...plan, although some seismologists urged that more study be given to earthquake protection. As Engineer N.N. Ambraseys of the University of London observed, "I have heard that an earthquake is an act of God. But what is today an act of God might tomorrow be an act of criminal neglect." Athenian Engineer Costas Zambas argued against structural changes, saying, "We must respect the Parthenon's construction as it was made in the first place, even if by modern calculations this would make it vulnerable. Its resistance has been proved...
...candidacy is not measured in this conventional manner. Jackson, a master visionary like his great mentor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seeks with his candidacy to nurture new notions of the politically possible among Afro-Americans. Old-guard Democrats--assured in the past of Black votes due to Republican neglect of the Black community--can no longer be allowed to pander to the anti-Black features of some neo-conservative white voters without paying a price. New-guard right-wing Republicans can no longer be allowed to reverse federal responsibility for basic needs of Blacks in areas like voting rights...