Word: gooseyness
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...than be publicly tarred with a bearish brush. (President Clinton never rang the bell; his advisers warned him that the image would be replayed endlessly if the market dropped.) But while ringing was once limited mainly to heads of state and tony Wall Street types, things have got loosey-goosey lately. Since Sept. 17, when a phalanx of leaders appeared to help instill confidence in the reopening market, bell ringers have included such financial heavy hitters as Victoria's Secret model Tyra Banks and Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants. Hmmm. Wonder if Bob is into cyclicals or techs...
...high rate of administrative turnover also meant that there was little oversight of an accounting system that Chaudhry called “old-fashioned and loosey-goosey...
Behind the loosey-goosey exterior, Glenn was something of a perfectionist, and found himself growing fascinated not just with learning the art of casting but also with refining it, creating molds that grew more and more intricate and had fewer and fewer flaws--precisely the kind of near-zero-tolerance quality needed in industrial manufacturing. When Alan approached Glenn in 1985 and asked for his help, both brothers figured the collaboration would be a good one. "We started doing together what we'd been doing separately," Glenn says, "me the processes, Alan the materials...
About 40% of the new film was improvised on the set, say several actors. Yet things weren't loosey-goosey for everyone. "It's not as lighthearted as it seems," says Heather Graham, who plays slinky CIA agent Felicity Shagwell. "They were pretty specific about the script. Mike would improvise and make up stuff, but if you forgot one word, they'd say, 'No, that's wrong.' It appears off the cuff, but it was kind of scientific and took hours to get right." Some over-the-top bits were chopped from the movie, many involving a grotesque adversary named...
...sense of reason. So I had my co-worker Mac, a serious skater and tough critic, test them out too. "It feels like your foot is wrapped in a pillow," he said. After a couple of loops around the park, Mac decided that they felt a little "loosey-goosey" on the top of his foot. He also was worried that their flashy design would ruin his East Village hipster reputation. But my goose wasn't loose, and I like attention. More important, I was skating faster than ever. Sure, the Outback Xs were smoother on bumps, and the Natures handier...