Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Apparently a careless biddy, in the one o'clock exodus, had left one of the trap doors of the incinerator open. A few minutes later a passer-by flipped a cigaret into the opening, whence it dropped to the basement on a pile of refuse. It took the services of the whole House janitorial staff to extinguish the blaze, which threatened to asphyxiate the residents of the upper floors...
...Washington, Dr. Townsend disposed of Pundit Lippmann's argument with ease. "A very careless job of rationalizing," said he. "My plan is too simple to be comprehended mann's." by great minds like Mr. Lipp
...quite certain most of your readers had never heard of the Abraham Lincoln Life, a company practically unknown in comparison to the Lincoln National Life, as we transact business in 32 States and the Abraham Lincoln Life transacts business in but seven States. Due to the very careless way in which the story has been written it is but natural to suppose that many of your readers will think that ours is the company involved in this scandal. It is just too bad that you did not follow your usual plan of placing an asterisk after the name...
...Varsity soccer team, despite its continued lethargic and seemingly careless play, downed the West Point booters 2-1, before a large pre-football crowd on Saturday morning. Three elements contributed entirely, or in large part, to the Harvard victory;--the nimble foot of Captain Fred Stork, who gave his team a temporary two goal advantage with his penalty shot in the third and his drive from scrimmage in the fourth period; the able goal-tending of Jonathan England; and the wildness of the Cadets, who were unable to capitalize on any of their numerous scoring threats until just after...
...huge Orpheus fountain which many of his admirers consider the greatest of his great work.* Milles modeled an Orpheus descending from Heaven, his lyre resting on his left shoulder, his right hand plucking its invisible strings. Directly beneath Orpheus a stylized Cerberus is about to doze off into careless sleep. Around the rim of the fountain nude figures are arrested in various postures by the strains of Orpheus' music. A very young girl in her rapture drops a flower. More mature is a girl who lifts her hands in surprise, turns her head to hear whence the music comes...