Word: neglectment
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...Their neglect was understandable. Lyndon Johnson's appearance before the joint session was weighted with momentous meaning for them. This was no ordinary occasion. Not for 19 years -since Harry Truman, in the midst of a railroad strike, asked power to break crippling labor walkouts-had a President appeared before Congress assembled to plead for special legislation. But now, in the wake of public deaths and private resolve, the time had come to assure all American Negroes the right to vote...
...reliance on diction and neglect of theatricality that makes Danton a bore. No one's timing is good. The guillotining scene is no more than a babble of voices; Herault-Sechelles' last line is almost lost. Danton's is. The skillful performances of Chapman and Miss Esterman must be enjoyed without relation to the rest of the play...
...your rocking chair," he said. "But I am going to use every rostrum to tell the people that we can no longer afford the great waste that comes from the neglect of a single child." He evoked the memory of one of his great-grandfathers, declaring that because of low teacher salaries his ancestor, even though he was the third president of Baylor University, had suffered financial penury, had had to borrow $300 from Sam Houston "at 8% interest...
Buying your outfit takes time and unless you are already an expert skier it is worth it to take this time, since you don't only waste your money but may also neglect the safety factor if you purchase anywhere and in a hurry...
Though he loved the masses, Eastman did not neglect individuals. "To me lust is sacred." he writes, "sexual embraces nearer to a Holy Communion than a profane indulgence-a partaking, so to speak, of the blood and body of Nature." He partook generously. Leaving his wife and child, he moved in with a comely actress, Florence Deshon, whose temperament was much like his: she had once caused a near-riot in a theater by refusing to rise for the Star Spangled Banner. The affair was a stormy one; as Eastman torridly tells it, heaven-shattering passion alternated with earth-shaking...