But unlike other forms of abandonment that involve nothing more than careless neglect, abandoning an oil tank requires a system, a plan and a partnership with the government, not to mention potentially thousands of dollars.
There is a wastedness, an abandonment, that is so appropriate for Macbeth".
The terror, the unspeakable abandonment that would teach a child such a necessity.
That is the rivalry, the jealousy, the ferocious fear of abandonment that underlie our support of one another.
Delaney takes care to outline the abuse, assault, disease and abandonment that are also often the courtesan's lot.
"The important thing now is that the sense of abandonment that was in the air last year is gone now," he said.
She has been more punitive and frightening than Julie Andrews ever was, but she has nonetheless managed to evoke the powerful emotions — in particular, children's deep fear of abandonment — that have always been at the story's core.
The writer sends a letter to the Bullens, informing them that Erika's neglect (she doesn't write to them) did not stem from a lack of regard - but from a wound - a sense of abandonment that had never properly healed.
"But the alternative — not reaching an agreement and allowing this armory to remain empty and stand as a symbol of the abandonment that once plagued the Bronx — was simply unthinkable".
And despite our ostensibly progressive notions about marriage, we were not impervious to the full range of human emotions — rage, jealousy, fear of abandonment — that tend to surface when we cross the boundaries of love.
Carol Abrams, a spokeswoman for the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, said the block was the victim of a "wave of abandonment" that swept through Harlem in the late 1970's and 1980's.
