Word: overlook
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...course, Harvard could afford a similar program given that its endowment is 50% larger than Yale’s, but doing so would remove the valuable life lesson Harvard is trying to teach it’s undergraduates: Large corporations that only seek to further their net value often overlook the status of life of those in their charge. Besides, the easy life is detrimental to the students—as witnessed by a typical Yalie who is weak and soft due to luxurious living. Compare this to a Harvard student, hardened by Darwinistic survival, and it becomes obvious which...
...task of fostering a learning environment. Where are the mandatory art programs and after school tutoring programs? Leaving this task up to the state alone without a mandate is a mistake. Under-funded states facing great difficulty in trying to meet the testing standards without adequate resources will completely overlook this issue...
Kasparov asked us to overlook Bobby Fischer's flaws (like his anti-Semitism, which Kasparov didn't mention), and Tyrangiel wants us to keep buying Winehouse's albums - perhaps so that she can keep herself supplied with drugs? There should be a group called Enablers Anonymous for Kasparov and Tyrangiel to join. I may not help madmen by refusing to patronize them, but at least I don't have to feel like a patsy. Leslie Gerber, SAUGERTIES...
...Kasparov asked us to overlook Bobby Fischer's flaws (like his anti-Semitism, which Kasparov didn't mention), and Tyrangiel wants us to keep buying Winehouse's albums - perhaps so that she can keep herself supplied with drugs? There should be a group called Enablers Anonymous for Kasparov and Tyrangiel to join. I may not help madmen by refusing to patronize them, but at least I don't have to feel like a patsy. Leslie Gerber, Saugerties, New York...
...Modern readers will also be obliged to overlook De Monfreid's unabashed racism and brusque, culturally superior attitude, which were both products of their time. On a ship from Marseilles to Greece, for example, De Monfreid scowls at a throng of Russian peasants, whom he finds "as uncouth and primitive as the Somali Bedouins." And the book is further marred by the same sort of excessive nautical argot (starboard this, lateen that) that makes Moby Dick such a tough sea of words to oar through. But whenever De Monfreid reaches land and begins to describe the gallery of rogues...