get short shrift

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get short shrift

to receive very little attention. Bus riders feel they've been getting short shrift from the transit agency for years, and they are angry about the new fare increase.

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So, for example, while Lincoln School of Architecture, the extensions to Keble College Oxford, and a house in Hampstead called The Priory are described and analysed comprehensively, the alterations to the Ashmolean Museum and the various university masterplans get short shrift. MATHER ENLIGHTENMENT by Davies, Colin / The Architectural Review Consequently, the state has continued to get short shrift from Washington in areas ranging from transportation funds to homeland security. EDITORIAL BALANCE OF POWER RED OR BLUE, WE'RE ALL CALIFORNIANS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) There's also a boatload of state and local bond measures likely to get short shrift in the crunch of everything else -- and yes, that heart-stopping race for governor. Get set for fall follies. (Comment) by Lacter, Mark / Los Angeles Business Journal More results

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So, for example, while Lincoln School of Architecture, the extensions to Keble College Oxford, and a house in Hampstead called The Priory are described and analysed comprehensively, the alterations to the Ashmolean Museum and the various university masterplans get short shrift.

MATHER ENLIGHTENMENT by Davies, Colin / The Architectural Review

Consequently, the state has continued to get short shrift from Washington in areas ranging from transportation funds to homeland security.

EDITORIAL BALANCE OF POWER RED OR BLUE, WE'RE ALL CALIFORNIANS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

There's also a boatload of state and local bond measures likely to get short shrift in the crunch of everything else -- and yes, that heart-stopping race for governor.

Get set for fall follies. (Comment) by Lacter, Mark / Los Angeles Business Journal

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