Word: careless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...evening Eric failed to come home for dinner. "I'm worried," Mrs. Atwood confessed. "Eric's a good driver, but there are so many careless youngsters behind steering wheels these days...
What he did have was a concealed .22cal. automatic pistol, also unlicensed. Sonny, his arm no longer in a sling, was booked on the concealed-weapon and no-license charges, plus careless, reckless and speedy driving. As an ex-con, he also faces a possible felony rap for carrying a weapon, concealed or not. He shoulda never left that stool...
...London and become a scriptwriter before Mr. Shad-rack closes in on him about the postage money he has pilfered. Girls are a problem too. He is engaged to Rita and Barbara, but loves his beatnik playmate Liz, portrayed by Julie Christie, an actress so brimful of careless charm that she parlays a few brief scenes into instant stardom...
...giving the consumer what he is led to believe he has paid for. Whether I pay $2.50 for a toy, $25 for wearing apparel, $2,500 for a car, $25,000 for a home, or $25 million for a Mercury shot, the product too often contains the same careless construction and careful avoidance of detail, quality and followup. There is more than quality of workmanship lacking-there is pride of workmanship...
...Peace Corps administration was also guilty of careless selection and a casual training program. Every volunteer is selected in a "practical" field--based on a very general aptitude test, outside recomendations, and the volunteer's past experience. Volunteer Jim Murray tried to convince the Peace Corps all through training that he was not a radio man despite what the IBM machine said. On his application he had listed his brief experience at a radio operator the Army. He says he knows enough about radios to turn them on and off. When he protested his placement to a Peace Corps official...