Word: neglects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ocasio said the University did not approve of La O's choice and has not acted on this information. He labeled administrators' inactivity as "neglect," and said, "We cannot accept this kind of statement that says `In order to hire minority faculty we [are lowering] the standards.' We can't accept this...
Grave Line does not neglect the stately homes of more traditional Hollywood sight-sees. The hearse cruises past Jayne Mansfield's "pink palace," the one with the heart-shaped swimming pool, where the cantilevered comedian dwelt at the time she literally lost her head in a car crash. It decelerates outside Elizabeth Taylor's current home, which belonged to Frank Sinatra when his son was kidnaped and held for $240,000 ransom. It motors around the corner, past Ronald and Nancy Reagan's retirement villa. The original address was 666 St. Cloud Street, but because 666 is the number...
After years of neglect, American workingwomen have rediscovered their nails. From second-story shops in New York City to brightly painted storefronts in Los Angeles, quick-service nail salons are springing up faster than fresh- vegetable stands. Customers get a lot more these days than a soak and a dunk. A typical visit includes a choice of manicures (French, oil or glue), a hand massage and acrylic sculpting to strengthen and lengthen the nails. Prices range from $5 for the basic treatment to $50 or more for an extensive...
...year-old civil war is an ethnic, economic and religious struggle between the north, home to 75% of the population, most of the wealth and all of the national government, and the south, which resents at once the north's control and its neglect. The S.P.L.A., dominated by Dinka tribesmen, demands repeal of Shari'a, or Islamic law, and establishment of provincial parliaments. But the plight of the largely Christian and animist tribesmen in the south has worsened dramatically since January, when the S.P.L.A. launched an offensive, capturing the strategic crossroads town of Kapoeta and about a dozen smaller towns...
Last month the government recaptured Kabo. Its troops burned the village to the ground. U.S. congressional staffers who visited Sudan returned convinced that the government of Prime Minister Sadiq el Mahdi bears at least equal responsibility for the starvation. Declared one: "The conduct of the government borders on criminal neglect and a de facto policy of exterminating the southerners...