Word: neglected
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...stories for Freudian subtexts. In his view the Oedipal drama plays itself out in the giants that Jack slays and in the demands of scheming stepmothers. "While it entertains the child," he concludes, "the fairy tale enlightens him about himself, and fosters his personality development." The psychologist does not neglect aesthetics: "Fairy tales are unique not only as a form of literature, but as works of art which are fully comprehensible to the child, as no other form...
...greater losses than these occurred through indifference and neglect. In ancient Rome, which abounded in male poets from Livius to Virgil, an entire poetic culture was wiped out because the writings of women were not esteemed enough to be copied and preserved. The lone female survivor of the Latin classical period is Sulpicia (1st century B.C.) whose known corpus consists of six poems...
...situation repeats itself year and after year, the stereotypes remain continually in force, and Harvard women often neglect to look beyond those surface impressions. Believing themselves to be more intelligent, more socially refined, and vastly superior in every way, a lot of Harvard women simply write off the credibility of the other colleges and universities and pronounce the women silly airheads--their only desire in life being to net a Harvard man who will marry them and make them happy forever and anon. In many cases this label is not deserved--yet little is ever done to dispel the myths...
...place once so feared, Ellis Island has a surprisingly welcoming air today, though most of its 35 buildings have badly deteriorated from decades of neglect and vandalism. It would take an estimated $150 million to save them all. "It sure looked better then," admits Sophie. The low-slung main building of warm red brick with limestone trim has large paned windows to let in air and light. Trees and lawns sweep to the gently lapping waters of the harbor. But at the time, immigrants like Sophie did not notice such things. They simply felt lost, especially in the great registry...
...turn, less government would entail reduced social services (to compensate for reduced federal tax revenues) and decentralization of fiscal responsibility for social services. Economic decline has destroyed municipal and state tax bases to the point that minimum spending obligations necessitate deficit spending Defederalization would assure extreme neglect of social services where states lack the resources to address them. Whether because of the horrors of completely rotted industrial cities, or because of skyrocketing local corporate taxes, businesses would veritably fly out of Frostbelt regions...