Word: neglectment
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There is no danger that the ordinary, or below average student will be neglected; the opposite danger has been and is the earmark of American education. But the idle, or uninterested student will suffer if the recommendations are carried out. The slow, hard-working student, and the quick, expansive student will profit. The idle and the uninterested students are unproductive anyway; therefore the neglect will raise the standards, and do no great harm to them or to anyone else...
After 185 pleas of "not guilty" had been entered, Cavaliere Allocati, President of the tribunal, addressed the jury thus: "You must sacrifice all personal interests, cut yourselves off from your homes and families, neglect your business interests? for how long...
...year secondary curriculum sub-divided into two period characterized by somewhat different trends. The first three years are exploratory. The pupil is brought into touch with all the major fields of learning; but his attention is not confined to the acquisition of facts and disciplines to the neglect of the appreciative side of his personality. During the later years there is a gradual change of emphasis. The pupil has been led to try himself out in different subjects, to attack similar and diverse problems in different media. The teacher has had an opportunity to study the pupil...
After reading the attorney general's report, the Governor of Massachusetts last week wrote to the police commissioner of Boston: "I require the immediate presentation of your resignation." Commissioner Wilson declined to resign, replied that he was "conscious of no neglect," criticized the attorney general for "garbled phraseology...
...play which has had ample time to come to the attention of the theatrical world has never been produced in this country, such neglect must be due to one of two reasons; either it is a good play but not considered as having sufficient box-office attraction, or it just isn't worth producing. Plays of the former class, plays which are good but do not have that "it" which is essential to a Broadway appearance, constitute the logical field of choice for the Dramatic Club. But in default of such, a "Liliom" would not be amiss...