Word: carelessly
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Although this does not indicate that Rothko was careless about the colors he used—the studies for the murals located at the Mongan Center indicate that he was definitely concerned with the relationships between the colors in these paintings—they do represent a departure from his traditional forms. As such, these paintings remain significant to modern art despite the fading and damage they have sustained...
...worst attack of worms, a kind of computer virus that replicates itself automatically. Though they sound like science fiction, worms spring from the minds of virus writers, who could be sitting at any computer in the world. Most spread because we do careless things like open e-mail attachments from strangers, but some have evolved to spread through computer networks on their own--like plague bacilli that have become airborne...
Bottom fishing for bargains in the stocks of distressed companies is a surprisingly popular sport, but careless investors are likely to reel in something rotten...
USAgain's success can be largely attributed to careless altruism. Donors like doing good deeds but aren't big on due diligence. Most don't realize USAgain operates for profit--at least not until they try to get a receipt for tax purposes--and business owners who agree to host the boxes are often just as clueless. "Never, never did they mention they were making money off of it," says Kathleen Murtz, who accepted a request from the company to place a bin outside her home-decor boutique in Lake Zurich, Ill. "If I had known they were going...
...plagiarized and fabricated stories [PRESS, May 19], was interesting and balanced until you quoted a Times senior manager as saying the paper sometimes hires minority reporters whose experience is "significantly below" what the paper would normally require. To include this statement without additional corroboration from other Times personnel was careless and offensive to black journalists. LASHAWN Y. HAND Philadelphia...