Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emotions permeates the movie, filling in several of the more obvious holes in the script. Throughout the film, Pacino deftly conveys the vulnerability and anxiety of a very normal guy in a very absurd situation. The other performances in the film are all quite good, despite the script's neglect to allow proper character development. As Gloria, Tuesday Weld is low-key and credible. Dyan Cannon, as the object of Ivan's brief infatuation is appealing but virtually wasted in a flamboyant role that doesn't quite fit into the mild-mannered atmosphere of the movie...
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms at Grove City College in Grove City, Pa.: "We live in a time when the characteristic values of the West are collapsing, disintegrating, decomposing. This is hardly surprising be cause these values have fallen victims to neglect and indifference on the part of those who have most benefited from them, and of assault and battery on the part of those who should be their staunchest defenders. That is why I presume to ask you on this very special day to consider the proposition that we become part of what we condone. In this regard, much...
Knowles believes that his situation--as both professor and consultant--is "not so much a conflict of interests as a conflict of commitment" Saying that extramural activities might force a professor to neglect his students and his academic commitments, he adds that it is his responsibility to make sure that does not occur. "A conflict of interest is much easier to find but a conflict of commitment can be dangerous," Knowles says, and Walter Gilbert, American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology, agrees that "exploitation of students is more difficult to deal with" because it can be hidden. Neither thinks...
...father's religion is generally undogmatic, and tends toward ethical, not theological matters," he explains. "The fundamentalist God seems to be an American: if he's not white, then he's a very nice Black man. An idiot. For all their claims to profound Biblicism, I think they neglect God in all his great majesty and sovereignty, and in his right to judge. They short-change God's glory and by doing that they short-change his grace...
Speaking to an audience at the Ed School last month, Secretary of Education Terrel Bell explained the Reagan administration's philosophy behind the budget cuts. His message: that excessive federal intervention has allowed the states to neglect their rightful responsibilities to education. Ylvisaker believes that this prescription is inadequate and that criticizing the states does not relieve the federal government of its responsibility...