Word: remiss
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...argued that by insisting on fair collective bargaining, Lindsay was remiss in his responsibility to the city. Critics claim that the old system of deals between Quill and the Mayor saved the city from strikes, produced relatively inexpensive settlements, and therefore was not a contemptible practice. But these deals actually produced agreements, which were unfair to the union members; the workers have been increasingly dissatisfied with past settlements. Moreover, the deals allowed the TWU and T.A. to avoid the responsibility for collective bargaining...
...will attend such an upper-class school. "If the desire is for the prince to meet Australians, it is desirable for him to meet ordinary run-of-the-mill Australians," sniffed Douglas Broadfoot, an official of the New South Wales Teachers Federation. "Leaders of the government have been seriously remiss in not advising the Queen more accurately. Prince Charles might just as well stay in England and attend Eton as come to Australia and go to Geelong Grammar...
...their listings of the stupendous events of the 1962, however, none of the sportswriters adequately recalled the feats of Harvard's athletes, so we would be remiss in our obligations if we did not join in the annual year-end reminiscences...
...principle against the inevitable. (There are still other students who feel that they should be free to accept loan money under the Act without interference from professors whose scruples stand in the way; this is not an easy issue to resolve, but in my judgment, Harvard would be remiss in its specific educational function to all its students if its actions as well as its curriculum didn't speak for freedom--and of course students who think otherwise needn't come to Harvard, and are free to go elsewhere to colleges that interpret their responsibilities to education differently...
...that fairly revolutionized the literary business. This ingenious invention, which closely resembled an old-fashioned washing machine but was of course so very much more than that, could wring out any piece of English prose that a skillful scholar introduced to its slithery maw. The Harvard English Department, never remiss in its respect for venerability, kept the criticism machine in perfect working order, oiling it, polishing it, loving...