Word: casualize
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...been confirmed killed by the huge reptiles. But in the five days leading up to Campbell's death, two other women had been partly eaten by alligators. Three deadly assaults in the space of a week seemed like too much of a coincidence. Floridians, who tend to be casual about their state reptile, were suddenly hypervigilant to a danger that seemed to be lurking in every body of freshwater bigger than a bathtub. Calls to hotlines skyrocketed, and all over the state people were asking themselves what could possibly be going...
...Faculty members spoke in favor of an overhaul of the College’s sexual assault policies. The only professor to speak against them was political scientist Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who said that casual “hookups” might define sexual behavior on campus...
...LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE A feared IRA terrorist loseshis cat. Mayhem ensues. In his latest take on the casual perversity of the rural Irish character, Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West) comes closer to self-parody than is probably advisable, as the body count (well, body-part count) exceeds that of all his other plays put together. Still, it's a bravura black comedy that shows off one of the most original and seductive voices in theater today...
...send-offs for McClellan have been both grand and casual, including a farewell in the Roosevelt Room that was attended by First Lady Laura Bush and the President, who simultaneously embraced McClellan and his wife Jill, who have four cats and two dogs. Last Friday, after McClellan?s last formal briefing, he was feted by the small group of reporters whose work spaces are in the White House basement. They have their own informal civic association, and busted out the seven-layer dip, champagne and cookies that said "Scott...
...casual observer, the clashes appear to be part of a full-scale ideological war between Fatah and the more militant Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel. But in actuality, as individuals on both sides seem to agree, the conflict is more narrowly defined. A senior Fatah official in Gaza tells TIME that "this is a dispute between Hamas and the Preventive Security Forces," and Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad echoes that view, declaring that "there are some individuals who are making up these problems...