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When President Bok last summer asked his assistant Steve Farber to study the various corporate responsibility proxy battles, there was reason to believe that the "benign neglect" policy of the Pusey Administration had come...

Author: By Arthur H. Lubow, | Title: The Demise of Benign Neglect | 5/5/1972 | See Source »

Despite the Instant Analysis and the Effete Snobs, the Silent Majority supports Vietnamization, and the steady Winding Down has allowed our allies to Hack It. On the domestic side, though, the Game Plan could use a little Benign Neglect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Word-Game Plan | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...Prayer on his wall or his mind: "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done." A few plays fail through unbelievable incompetence. Many more fail (aesthetically if not commercially) through a casual neglect of the basic elements of theater. Drama needs plot, character and conflict. Drama needs language of resonance, tempo and style-something more than a faithful reproduction of what people say at college commencements, dog tracks and Sunday brunches. Above all, drama needs a strong personal vision, not that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Triple Trouble | 3/27/1972 | See Source »

...told the Maple Leafs fall apart as the season goes on, but we never see the disintegration. This is part of what Bassett has to do in order to create a valuable and lasting statement about the sport, and he sidesteps his responsibilities either by design or neglect. Such a statement can be made. Robert Redford came fairly close to it in Downhill Racer, and Bruce Brown presented creditable efforts on bike riding and surfing in On Any Sunday and The Endless Summer, Winter Comes Early doesn't measure up to these, however, and theatre entrepreneur Ben Sack seems...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Winter Comes Early | 3/23/1972 | See Source »

...went back to school. I got a lot of cracks from the neighbors. They'd say, 'And what are you going to do with your children while you go to school?' I told one lady, 'Why, of course, I'm going to neglect them.' That stopped the conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The New Feminism on Main Street | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

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