Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should choose Mr. Robert Hillyer's "A Heron." Here there is artifice, certainly artifice justified by achievement. Here too there is imperfection, but of the sort which a less fine critical sense would have trimmed away, losing with it the suggestion which is now so clear of assured though careless power. The little poem has the sharp definition coupled with the large suggestiveness of the best Japanese painting
...indifferent to the odd moment. We are blind to its possibilities careless of the opportunities it offers. We squander them in prodigal wastefulness. If we do not have an hour or more available for a certain task, we let the precious moments slip by. We postpone until a more convenient time tasks which might be started and possibly finished. We plan our lives on a slip-shod basis. And then we wonder why our college careers are barren of achievement...
Cambridge is singularly rich in places of historical traditions, and it is a great pity that the imagination of the undergraduate is so apathetic in regard to them. Day after day he passes scenes famous throughout America, but his careless glance shows none of that keen interest which merely a slight acquaintance with their great historical associations would arouse...
...team decisively defeated the Ithacans by the score of 23 to 0 Saturday afternoon in the fastest game played in the Stadium this season. It was a victory of alertness over power; despite the advantage in weight and experience, the Red and White eleven was too slow and too careless in handling the ball to be able to make the most of the few opportunities it had to be dangerous. Of the six fumbles made, five by Cornell and one by the University, the Crimson recovered them all, and two of them were directly responsible for touchdowns...
...succession of two passes, two hits, and two errors. Another was added in the fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh; in all cases Vermont's misplays counting heavily. One example of Vermont's methods of assisting the University runners around the bags was the careless overthrowing of the pitcher in attempting to catch the runner napping at first, allowing the runner to make one or two extra bases. Percy's free trip to first and Fripp's home-run to deep centre in the eighth inning completed Harvard's scoring...