Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...City's East River has long served as a major traffic artery between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, with more than 240,000 commuters crossing the 1 1/2-mile steel span every day in cars, buses and subway trains. But the bridge is literally falling apart, the result of decades of neglect by city leaders who skimped on maintenance. Last April, after inspectors reported severe corrosion in key support beams and cracks in deck surfaces, the city temporarily closed the bridge. Result: bridgelock. As New Yorkers jammed other bridges and tunnels, the city's commuter rush expanded by half an hour every...
...absence of authority and limits, or of emotional commitment. A mother writes in the New York Times: "What I see emerging is an entirely new category of professionals who spend little, if any, time with their children. There appears to be a new form of neglect: absence ... Recently my six-year-old daughter exclaimed, 'Look, Mom, Sarah has a new babysitter.' The 'babysitter' was Sarah's mother...
There is some truth to the hackneyed wisdom that says "in remembering our past, we neglect our future." Jackson has lent personal magnetism and liberal compassion to an otherwise dry Democratic race; he has the faithful following of an important political constituency and some strongly-held policy positions that would only enhance Dukakis' chances in November. Dukakis should forget about the 1960 election returns and concentrate on the ones that count four months from...
...nightmare. Last week a bizarre standoff between Fountain and state officials climaxed when police raided his Lucedale, Miss., Baptist school and church, rounding up 72 children between the ages of ten and 17. Earlier, a state judge had ruled that the children had been subjected to "physical abuse, medical neglect and detention amounting to imprisonment," and ordered that the state department of public welfare take them into emergency custody...
...David E. Sullivan said yesterday, but he said the Council was not likely to agree on a comprehensive plan in light of the division which has led to the defeat of petitions for rezoning in smaller areas, despite demonstrations of support from communities involved. He also pointed to the neglect of the 1978 attempt for citywide rezoning...