Word: casualize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This reaction from a Democratically partisan crowd is not surprising. Kelly has been an indefensible blight on the Dever administration. Even the casual headlines reader cannot escape learning about Kelly's machinations. Last winter, headlines for weeks and weeks clamored about allegations over nefarious activities concerning land damage settlements handled by Kelly's private office. The charge was a serious one--a district attorney accused Kelly of receiving a pay-off from a judge. Lack of evidence later exoncrated Kelly, but the judge was disbarred. In the midst of the controversy, Kelly sent state troopers to take over the accusing...
Despite all trends toward femininity, the men's shirt still seems to be holding its own. Tops for room and dorm casual wear, shirts of all colors, with emphasis on pink and blue, hide the curves almost as often as ever. Yet even along this line, the 'Cliffedweller is moving toward more neatness. Shirt tails are always tucked in and attractive color combinations are used to advantage...
...most casual check would disclose that the Commissioner was not Governor Dever's, but Governor Bradford's Commissioner; that Governor Bradford was the one who "whimpered" he couldn't do anything; that Governor Dever inherited Bradford's "mess" and immediately enlisted the services of Dean Griswold of Harvard Law School as chairman of a distinguished commission to do something; that as a result of the hearings conducted by Dean Griswold, Governor Dever retained Dr. Van Waters; and further, that within the last month when Dr. Van Waters reached the retirement age, the Commissioner of Correction, this time Governor Dever...
...break for the Crimson which wasn't obvious to the casual spectator was the absence of Hank Toepke, who had been scheduled to start at inside tackle on offense...
...Arrow in the Blue" is a puzzling book. Often it seems to leave the realm of autobiography to become an elongated essay, a psychological novel, or a volume of modern history. At times only the personal pronoun reminds us that this is Arthur Koestler writing about himself. The casual reader will have a difficult time integrating the many facets of this book, but the more perceptive will realize that this is one of the best pieces of autobiographical writing to emerge in recent years...