Word: neglectment
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...established a reputation as an articulate counterbalance to the conservatism of many of the President's other advisers on domestic policy. Actually, his liberal credentials came under some question last winter with the publication of a private Moynihan memo to Nixon that recommended "a period of 'benign neglect' " of the subject of race in the U.S. Wrote Moynihan: "We may need a period in which Negro progress continues and racial rhetoric fades...
...Benign neglect seems too mild a phrase for Nixon's treatment of the men he aims to replace. Ambassador...
Another Goddess. After examining the head herself last May, Miss Love decided that such neglect was completely unwarranted. It was carved of the fine-grained white Parian marble favored by Praxiteles, she explains, and the quality of workmanship, the late classical style and hairdo, the delicate folds in the neck, and the slightly larger-than-life dimensions all indicate that it came from the hand of the master...
...hammer for our men," beams Police Chief Robert Richardson of Madison Heights. It's also a real headache for many parents. According to some of the new laws, if youngsters under 17 are merely accused of a juvenile offense, let alone convicted, their parents may be charged with "neglect...
Companies that neglect to consider the blue collar workers' worries and dissatisfactions pay a hidden price in low production, goofing off, absenteeism, high job turnover and union grievances. By contrast, management's reward for concerning itself more deeply and more knowledgeably about the blue collar worker's cares has been an increase in productivity. That, in turn, is the key to raising labor's living standards and meeting the demands for more leisure. Since World War II, U.S. productivity has risen an average of about 3.3% annually, but for the whole period from the end of 1967 to early this...