Word: neglected
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...even Conner's wife Judy wonders whether he is just commemorating himself. "He never relaxes, and we never go on vacations," she says in an interesting reference. "Hell to Dennis would be a day on the beach at Acapulco." They have two teenage daughters who know a little about neglect. "If a crew member will put this ahead of his religion," Conner says, "his family, his girlfriend, his home, his career, then I'll give him a tryout...
Critics are apprehensive about the program's goal of full employment for the indigent. Says Phil Kaplan, a Washington State welfare-rights advocate: "The pressure on women to leave their children and go to work could increase the chances of abuse or neglect. The program puts infants and toddlers on the firing line." Some members of the legislature also doubt that the state economy can create the 72,000 jobs required to absorb FIP trainees and others entering the market...
...into a fireball only 73 seconds after takeoff. While millions watched on television, the craft and its seven passengers, including Schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, disappeared in a sad trail of smoke. The tragedy only deepened when a presidential commission found that the accident had been caused by bureaucratic mismanagement and neglect...
AFTER YEARS OF BENIGN NEGLECT of Iran, the recent events have once more made that country the focus of public attention. The President tried to explain his arms for hostage initiative by underlining Iran's strategic significance. He and his aides have been hard at work to convince the public of the wisdom of reaching accommodation with "moderate" elements in Iran...
Walking onto the bridge, he looked closely at the joints where the thick timbers of the truss supporting the bridge meet. He brought up a handful of powdery dirt and let it fall from his palm, slowly. "The neglect of this bridge is shameful," he said. "Dirt holds moisture, and moisture is what rots wood. That's the whole reason these bridges are covered -- to keep the wood dry. With the right care, covered bridges can last hundreds of years, longer than steel and concrete...