Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While raising the Austrian standard to unparalleled heights abroad, Kreisky perhaps became a little too careless at home. The Socialists campaigned for the imposition of taxes on vacation and Christmas bonuses and on savings accounts of more than $5,800. Kreisky argued that the proceeds would be used to create jobs. His opponents, however, complained, effectively, that Kreisky was not only bleeding Austrians with such taxes but robbing them with his extravagant spending. Inevitably, the Chancellor's age and health became a major issue. Kreisky is much older than the leaders of other political parties, and for the past...
Experts have mixed feelings about the proxy battles. Some believe that they are a good thing because they force managers who may have grown careless to face up to the wrath of stockholders. Says one proxy-battle lawyer: "This proliferation is part of the trend back to quality, hard work and the American way that is cropping up everywhere, from the auto industry to ,high tech...
Reagan jolted the place out of 50 years of slovenly habits. One of the laws of the political universe is that people who spend other people's money sooner or later become indifferent to the source and careless with the wealth. They need periodic kicks in the pants. Reagan delivered one. But he has gone too far in a number of ways and is being shouldered back to center. The defense budget has been cut and will be cut more. The MX missile will not be based in a "big bird" flapping about the heavens, but will...
...despised people for their common-looking faces and the careless way they spoke. Seeing them eat made him sick. He could not bear to watch anyone eat, he said. And there were sights just as bad--watching people blow their nose, hearing them laugh, seeing their underwear on a clothesline...
Sloppy about his personal finances, with a careless disdain for paying bills and taxes that hurt him during the campaign (and cost him a month in jail in 1972), Washington has not profited financially from a lifetime of politics. His first marriage, to his high school sweetheart, ended in divorce in 1955 after ten years and no children; he is now engaged to Mary Ella Smith, a Chicago teacher he has known for 20 years...