Word: neglectment
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...garden show, tells his audiences to get rid of Kentucky bluegrass and seed their lawns with buffalo grass, a robust short-stemmed native needing only occasional mowing. Instead of finicky azaleas, Dromgoole recommends lantana, an attractive flowering shrub that, in central Texas at least, thrives on benign neglect...
...billion to begin rebuilding the nation's shattered infrastructure, and any future prosperity may hinge on amicable ties with Eritrea's former rulers in Addis Ababa. Since the breakaway province now controls Ethiopia's only access to the Red Sea, it is a relationship neither side can afford to neglect...
Child advocates meanwhile insist 2.7 million youngsters are suffering grievous abuse. But that statistic reflects total reports of suspected mistreatment, not substantiated individual cases, warns Douglas Besharov, former director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Moreover, the figure includes not only instances of physical or sexual assault and starvation -- as the public commonly assumes -- but also so-called educational neglect and poor emotional nurturing. Besharov whittles the figure on child abuse to 420,000, though some experts say that...
Water electronically rationed, cautions a drinking-fountain sign. ECOLOGICAL LAWS STRICTLY ENFORCED, warns a road sign. After decades of environmental neglect, 21st century America is a mighty unpleasant place, a country of heat waves and hurricanes, skin cancer and typhoid. Like 1983's The Day After, which powerfully fantasized a nuclear attack, the mini-series THE FIRE NEXT TIME (CBS, April 18, 20) means to be a cautionary tale about the devastating effects of global warming. Part 1 is a stunner, combining epic special effects with sharp detail to tell the poignant story of an everyfamily struggling to adapt...
...custody and adoption suits, courts are guided by law to favor the claims of biological parents unless abandonment, abuse or neglect can be proved. In ruling on Baby Jessica's case, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a broad defense of parental rights, arguing that the courts "are not free to take children from parents simply by deciding another home offers more advantages." Many child-welfare activists were angered that Jessica's welfare was not weighed more heavily by the court. Says Freivalds: "Apparently, adult property rights to a child supersede what's best for the child...