Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...apologized." I beg leave to differ. If the question of apology had been left to the American people, not two percent of them would have voted for it. Would we have apologized, under identical circumstances, to the president of Liberia? Should the president of Nicaragua be miffed at some careless statement of an army officer, would we get down on our knees and pray for his pardon? Can you imagine this country debasing itself just because some petty potentate of some little two-by-four country was peeved at the careless remark of some Marine...
...first thing that occurs to the Vagabond personally, is a gaudy exit from Cambridge with drums a beating and colors flying, shouldering, the while, a pair of skis with a careless insouciance, as if to indicate that the loftiest of the White Mountains was but a mere trifle in the life of this hardy Alpinist. But the Vagabond may not go so far afield, and in the latter case a tremendous decision will confront him. Will he go to the Tremont Temple to have his soul saved by Billy Sunday, or to the Tremont Theatre and laugh with...
...Rumors of bribes and office-buying filled the air with acrid odors. Someone traced down several of these odors and, strangely enough, found them sadly true. That someone was Isador Kresel, respected member of the New York bar, an unfailing public servant, and daemoniac detective hounding the paths of careless judiciaries. There ensued sudden resignations, mysterious disappearance and, still more strangely, several convictions. The innocent trembled with the guilty as Justice walked without its customary blind staggers...
...Arliss and Frank Vizetelly have admirably touched on the vagaries of modern diction. East side, West side, Limehouse, or Mayfair, Mr. Arliss believes in adopting the general mode of pronouncing his words and has little objection to enriching the language with slang. He is chiefly disturbed by lazy and careless delivery of words which characterizes many Americans...
...early ambition to be a painter was thwarted because of lack of money, and instead he began to write poetry in his spare time. It is at this time that Russell became "AE." He used the pseudonym Aeon in signing his poems. This was shortened by a careless typesetter to the letters AE, which he has since written under this name...