Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...novel seems to be building toward a contemporary inversion of the Oedipus myth, in which the father would possess the son's bride. That impression is heightened by the best and perhaps most autobiographical scenes, as the narrator recalls a childhood of willful rudeness and neglect by his father, accompanied by pitiable flirtation from his mother. Yet just when Arlen, working through the accumulation of small, freighted moments, reaches an apparent climax, the ruminative and wistful tone turns frantic. In the culmination of a night of frenzied incident, the father is shot and gravely wounded by a romantic rival...
...Cambridge Police officers at the scene said the accident could have occurred because of Gordon's neglect of the stop sign. But because of the contradictory statements of several witnesses, the case will be referred to court to determine which party was at fault, police said. No citation or ticket was issued...
...neglect a matter of economics or racism? "Hollywood is too dumb to be racist," charges Actor Yaphet Kotto (Blue Collar, Brubaker). "This town is all about dough-that's the crime." For Leon Isaac Kennedy (Penitentiary, Body and Soul), the problem is the industry's "blockbuster mentality. They want 100% of the audience pie. They'd rather not go for slices...
Fifteen years ago, the Wolff Committee report noted that "the gravest current problem in the Graduate School is the one summarized by the well-worn but convenient word 'morale.'... The themes of belittlement, isolation, and neglect ran contrapuntally through the chorus of complaint...
...years ago the experts quit counting after listing more than a thousand. Reagan has little notion how it all works but a lot of feeling that it is too big and too expensive and tries to do too much for too many people. Reagan believes a little neglect may be good...