Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...warhorses--apathy, procrastination, plain indifference--can be trotted out to explain the pitifully low returns. And the new rationalizations--late veterans checks, post-Yale poverty, plain forgetfulness--can very easily be used to explain away neglect of pledges. Five thousand dollars worth of these pledges are still unfulfilled, and, in a last-minute drive to catch up with wayward pledge-makers, the Council has offered an easy out--contributions from University coupon books. Lack of ready cash is no longer an adequate plea. The Council's Service Fund relieves everyone from the irk-some chore of wallet-reaching or door...
...plan place their hope for peaceful government during the early life of the nascent states in an armed, locally recruited militia. In the event of an Arab uprising, any native constabulary would prove hopelessly inadequate to keep peace among the warring factions. With this in view, the U.N. cannot neglect the possibility of a concerted Arabian effort to crush the new Jewish state. By failing to provide an effective security program the U.N. opens the door for bitter civil...
...very precarious position and that the parking lot across the river, no matter how inconvenient it may seem in the midst of police leniency, will be a welcome respite from fines and towing charges. The Council, too, must do its part and substitute quick, unaccustomed action for dawdling neglect. The College has a problem; the Council has a solution. Why not solve the problem...
...arrive in Cambridge to dig in for the weekend, but no representative of their hosts will meet them, see that admission is provided at the dances, or even assure decent living quarters. Among traditional rivals, who are supposed to be friendly ones, it does seem strange that such a neglect of the amenities exists...