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The stretch of Honore between Marquette Road and 68th Street in West Englewood has all the markings of a disinvested neighborhood: it's dotted with vacant, weedy lots and boarded-up homes with overgrown lawns strewn with garbage.

Dory Rand: Thousands of Servicer Walkaways, Unregistered Vacant Homes May Be Costing Chicago $36M Dory Rand 2011

"It's clear the federal government disinvested in cultural exchange and diplomacy and foundation interest declined, too."

Foundation Shifts Focus to International Exchange Melanie Grayce West 2011

The stretch of Honore between Marquette Road and 68th Street in West Englewood has all the markings of a disinvested neighborhood: it's dotted with vacant, weedy lots and boarded-up homes with overgrown lawns strewn with garbage.

Dory Rand: Thousands of Servicer Walkaways, Unregistered Vacant Homes May Be Costing Chicago $36M Dory Rand 2011

But for the poor families who have been struggling in these disinvested urban areas for decades, this new excitement brings with it great anxiety - the worry that as wealthier residents move in alongside the nicer amenities, longtime residents will inevitably be priced out.

Angela Glover Blackwell: Our Broken Regions - Fixing the Hidden Cause of our Economic Downfall 2010

I am still very diligent in boycotting Honduran produce; I will never, despite numerous invitations, attend a lecture given by a Honduran academic; naturally, I have disinvested my large stake in the Honduran economy.

Israel-Palestinian conflict 2009

So UEA has already disinvested from BAE and other companies that supply arms to Israel.

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

So UEA has already disinvested from BAE and other companies that supply arms to Israel.

Green Party supports brave souls occupying Arts Building at UEA, in solidarity with students in Gaza 2009

Imagine, for example, if the Foundation disinvested from Exxon and shifted the money into renewable energy equities, mutual funds or program-related investments, along the lines of the new alternative energy fund that major Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins created last year.

Paul Loeb: Responsible Investment: Gates Foundation and the California Model 2008

What does it mean to live in a society that defines “cool” as disinvested in other people and the social world?

WHAT IS “COOL”? » Sociological Images 2008

So perhaps the cool person is disinvested from what other people think, not necessarily from the people themselves.

WHAT IS “COOL”? » Sociological Images 2008