Word: remiss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came to a consensus on a trial basis," said Michael Shinagel, Quincy House master. "But it's still on a trial. If students are remiss and careless...the Masters will be forced to rethink the policy...
...murk of their of post-Cold War relationship, it would be remiss of both Washington and Moscow?s intelligence services not to keep tabs on the other's military - after all, they remain potential long-term adversaries in a variety of scenarios. Tit-for-tat arrests and expulsions, however, are the melodramatics of a past era. These days U.S. and Russian intelligence services actually work closely together on issues such as terrorism and money laundering, and a quiet word or a discreet expulsion might have sufficed if, indeed, there was espionage under way. But that would be to miss...
Additionally, we would be remiss not to express our delight at the series of celebratory events that have been taking place over the past several months. Between the "Name the Alumni," "Highest Circulating Volume" and "Where at Harvard" contests, it has been hard to leave Lamont with out taking a door prize with you. Indeed, going to Lamont lately pays off almost as well as attending an insurance salesmen's convention in Vegas...
...summit a success simply because the 19 hung together. But the unity doesn't extend much beyond a consensus that the best thing these nations can do is hang together--for now. There are hints of cracks to come. Some of the allies are worried that NATO is dangerously remiss in failing to rev up planning for a ground campaign. Still others--recoiling from the live possibility of putting "our boys" on Balkan ground--are pressing for any negotiated way out. And few in the alliance can yet name the specifics of a peace plan: some nations dread the idea...
...allege that the city is remiss in the hiring of minorities, suggesting that the real problem lies in creating an environment in which minority employees can thrive...