Word: neglects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outlining a moderately liberal political course, however, Deng conveniently leaves out past statements that were too far to the left or right for comfort. Missing from Selected Works is his embarrassing 1966 admission that he was guilty of"prolonged neglect of Mao thought," as well as his 1978 remark that "if the masses feel some anger, we must let them express...
...parents spoke Spanish, and as a youngster he says he was "bothered by prejudice against those with slightly darker skins and Spanish accents." That same prejudice, he says, led to neglect of Central America politically, and now "we have to play catch-up ball...
...Corbusier once observed, New York City appears as landlocked as Moscow. Through a combination of greed and neglect, the cityscape has steadily obscured the drama of ocean, port and rivers. Until last week, there was not one public place on the island of Manhattan where people could sit in sheltered and stimulating surroundings, to eat, drink and enjoy the life of their waterfront...
There have been long periods of neglect punctuated by sporadic intervention. Generally, North Americans have preferred to look in other directions, particularly East and West, toward old friends and big enemies. The troubles of Central America have seemed sordid and insoluble, uninviting and even unworthy of American ministration; the peoples and cultures there have remained surprisingly alien, given their proximity...
...Arafat's "singular rule." They also proposed that an emergency committee be formed to take over Fatah's leadership until a general congress could be held. The council turned down these demands but promised to set up a special court to examine cases involving neglect of duty. In a rhetorical concession to the rebels, the council announced its opposition to the Lebanese-Israeli withdrawal agreement and declared that the Arab plan for a Middle East peace settlement, as formulated at last year's Fez summit, should be rejected in favor of a "military option." That...