Word: haphazard
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...that might imply liability. They realize that after the initial shock wears off, people - both parents and students - will question the school's level of responsibility for the safety of each of its 43,000 students. So even though, as Gwynne emphasizes, the bonfire construction is far from a haphazard procedure, - a faculty member supervises the construction and engineers stop by the site - it's human nature to hunger for an explanation for tragedy. And in this case, tradition, no matter how long-standing, may not be enough of an answer for anyone...
When Ochs died in 1935, his son-in-law Arthur Hays Sulzberger became publisher and arrived in that position with such "haphazard and incomplete" training that he admitted feeling "frightened and alone." After his retirement, his son-in-law Orvil Dryfoos took over. He had come to the paper from a seat on the stock exchange but had been somewhat more carefully groomed. Tragically, he died young, in 1963, when his diseased heart failed following a bitter strike that shuttered the Times for 114 days. Dryfoos' untimely death foisted the top job at the paper on young Arthur Ochs ("Punch...
After this haphazard revelation, the seemingly psychoanalytical and introspective nature of the flick turns into a ridiculous Disneyland soap opera where everyone loves everyone and all problems are solved. And if that weren't bad enough, as soon as the you start to think you know which way the movie is going, Kasdan tricks you again and mixes a cheesy love story ending with a pathetic courtroom scene that looks like it may have been slapped on at the last minute to meet a deadline...
...While it is true that drivers 60 and older have a lower accident rate than younger ones, and that some seniors drive safely into their 90s, others are impaired by such ailments as poor vision, slow reflexes, partial paralysis and dementia. Attempts to identify unfit drivers, moreover, have been haphazard. Some states require frequent vision tests for elderly drivers. Others mandate nothing...
...With out-dated computer systems and more haphazard ways of collecting the data, Riley said he hasn't always been convinced of truths the statistics told in the past...