Word: neglectment
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...went by the boards. But Biblical scholars point out that the New Testament is a very secular book, and there is an unmistakable social concern in Jesus' moral teachings. In Matthew 23, for example, Jesus condemns as hypocrites the scribes and Pharisees who ostentatiously tithe their possessions but neglect "the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith...
...audit last fall chastized the History Department for its neglect of African History, and this hole in Harvard's curriculum cannot be left unplugged. Dean Ford conceded Wednesday that the University's African program has lagged behind regional studies of Latin America and the Middle East. This is an imbalance the Faculty must quickly correct...
...poor are crisis-oriented. They neglect preventive care, and often delay in seeking help when a serious problem arises. Too often the practitioners they select are the local subprofessional quacks who have infiltrated and won the confidence of the neighborhood because they are racially and socially no different than the poor. The middle class, white doctors and nurses are different: They don't live with the poor, they just make their living from them. Even when the care is free, the delicate problem of winning the acceptance of the community remains. Dr. Salber and her staff organized a propaganda program...
Acquired in piecemeal fashion over the past 500 years, Spain's African empire languished in neglect until after the Spanish Civil War, when the new government began showing interest in its overseas possessions. Aid and advice have been flowing from Madrid ever since, but recently Franco has stepped up both, partially as insurance against possible disorders and partly to help Spain win African allies in its bid to recover Gibraltar from Britain...
...there is something worse than neglect of our public schools, it is the spectacle of teachers manning a picket line [March 8]. No matter how worthy are demands that educators be given professional status and their institutions increased respect and support, locking a child out of his classroom is an unconscionable act. The riddle of ends and means has become an old cliche, but its implicit moral dilemma is timeless and might serve well for teachers to ponder amid all that walking with lofty placards...