Word: haphazard
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...knew inspections were haphazard, but some of the examples were simply ludicrous. In 1995 Delta Airlines planes underwent nearly 13,000 inspections--but received only seven violations. The inspectors rarely did the paperwork necessary to follow up on the few problems they uncovered...
...will or won't win. I don't even pretend that they're backed by any special knowledge or coherent reasoning - hey, I'm a theater critic, not an expert in sound design. Indeed, the dirty little secret is that voting for the Tonys is a dangerously haphazard affair. It's not a pretty picture, but here's a quick run-down of how I voted and why - listed in the (somewhat arbitrary) order they're given on the ballot, which you can see here (and is continued here...
...astonishing job conveying the sense of malaise that affects our lives, his book, at times, feels like little more than a compilation of the author’s best clips. Though they show that Samuels can write almost everything about almost anything, the book’s somewhat haphazard construction obscures his message about how we can live the good life—or, at least, how it is that we’re failing...
...more women to learn about the pain-management techniques essential in vaginal delivery. "Overall, Korean women are much more educated about the issue," says Kim Jae Sun, an official at the government's Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. But she also admits that the campaign was underfunded and haphazard. While the country has seen a drop in the cesarean rate, it is not a dramatic...
...five student press masters involved with running the press. Historically, funding for the press has come from Adams House and grants provided by the Undergraduate Council (UC) or the Office for the Arts (OFA). Funding has been somewhat “haphazard,” according to Jacoby. Since it lacks official standing, the press can only apply to one-time project grants from the OFA and the UC.According to John Pyper, an Adams non-resident tutor and a local artist in charge of the underground press, the space was first established in the 1950s as a means of publishing...