Word: overlooked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...badger game" is so old a criminal trick that dictionaries describe it. A dishonest woman lures a lickerish man into her apartment. Suddenly appears the '"husband," who for cash will overlook his "wife's" indiscretion. Occasionally such blackmail is worked by low men upon rich women. Rarely have the victims sufficient hardihood to resist the imposition...
...Even if I were able to overlook these burdens, for monetary considerations are indeed secondary, I cannot overlook the discriminations and injustices which this legislation creates, together with its failure to meet the real need that exists today among our veterans in a fundamental and sound manner...
...speaking of cooperation between school and college I have not meant to overlook the more vital element of cooperation on the part of the student. The theory that a subject is good for a boy because it is hard and distasteful has long been discredited. The subjects which are difficult and abstract should indeed be taught in as interesting a manner as possible; and the boy whose inaptitude for them has been clearly demonstrated should not be forced to continue. But the modicum of truth remains that progress does not regularly take place along the line of least resistance. Unless...
...thunderbolts in well ordered legions. His keenness is surpassed only by his Utopia. He applies the spur so much needed in arousing an earnest interest in education, the most permanent social contribution of the age. There is no individual, no member of society who can afford to overlook this living philosophy. The leaders of the coming generation, especially, should consider themselves ignorant unless they keep step with the principles and practice of education. The "Awakening College" acts both as a stimulus and a text book in fulfilling this mission
...building expansion. The new Law School will undoubtedly be one of the greatest additions to the University in recent years. And the other buildings that have recently been erected and are still going up have been badly needed for a long time. The tendency here, however, is to overlook the importance of getting and keeping at Cornell professors who will, by the force of their personalities and scholarship, inculcate in their students a real semblance of the sort of learning that is being neglected, more and more, now that the chief business seems to be preparing undergraduates for highly specialized...