Word: casualities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...roots of the trouble are not in colonial oppression (in modern Nigeria, there is none) but in the casual lumping together of conservative Northern Moslems with precocious Southern Ibos and Yorubas, most of whom are religiously poised between paganism and Christianity. The Ibos, about 3,000,000 strong, live east of the steamy valley of the Niger, Africa's third-largest river. Their leader, Dr. Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe, 48, is a U.S.-educated tub-thumper whose chain of bush newspapers helped him launch Nigeria's most powerful political party. In the Southwest, an equal number of Yorubas make...
...doubt seemed strange and obscure to the Jesuit editor who turned it down. It is not easy reading today. One reason is Hopkins' abrupt rhythm-"sprung rhythm," he called it, which he chose "because it is the nearest to the ... natural rhythm of speech." Another barrier between the casual reader and Hopkins' verse is his strange construction. He often used words out of their natural order, omitted connectives altogether. He also made up words (inscape, scapish, instress...
...best-tested axioms of the writing business is: "Stick to what you know." By sticking close to what he knows, and by being casual about it, Author Richard Pike Bissell, 39, has won a reputation as a highly readable fellow...
...different climate of public opinion." Since when do climates of opinion justify dishonesty? In asking whether a possible employee was a Communist, the government of 1944 was worried about the same consequences as the government of 1953. This must have made the Corporation squirm somewhat, for its answer is casual, equivocating, and ambiguous, and as such is a disservice both to Professor Furry and Harvard...
Nine conversations out of ten are apt to bring out one's collegiate affiliation. A casual remark, such as, "When I was at Harvard the subway ran from Cambridge to Boston in seven minutes," is totally useless. It is impossible to minimize the effect of the word "Harvard" on alien ears. Casual reference will be regarded as a sly way fr one to get across his background...