Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Casual Brutality. The sting of Untouchability has softened somewhat. No longer, for example, are any harijans expected to use earthen spittoons hung round the neck because their spitting on the ground might "pollute" barefoot Brahmans. Until the 1930s, the lowliest Untouchables were virtually "unseeable" as well in some parts of India; caste Hindus believed even an Untouchable's shadow was defiling. Though such attitudes no longer prevail, a special government inquiry commission recently concluded that despite decades of legislation, discrimination is still "virulent all over India...
...President's chief economist, argues that the U.S. can still avoid a recession. Many bankers and businessmen agree, though quite a few of them would not be overly displeased to see a recession. Increasingly, the argument is being heard in boardrooms that employees have become too demanding, too casual in their attitudes toward performance and productivity -and that a recession would alleviate many of these problems. Only a few conservatives used to whisper that "a little more unemployment would be good for the country," but more and more businessmen are saying it out loud...
...Butler, then a law student, heard about the glass plates with Russian writing in a casual conversation with former associate librarian Phillip A. Putnam. Putnam looked for the plates, but could not find them. He assumed they had been lost during World...
...poem is casual...
...intuitively obvious to the most casual observer, is better in the abstract than in the specific. Adolescents substitute fantasies for reality; we all substitute real experiences for our fantasies. Sexual desire and longing are deeply implanted in the depths of our consciousness, and what we do with our bodies never quite fits the bill. Suggested solution: Don't worry about the future and what's in your head- that equals death. As you make love, tell yourself that your coming will be your death. No more. That...