Word: haphazardly
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...incident was only one result of the armed forces' haphazard and unfair reserve program. Reaching in all directions for men the armed forces had grabbed blindly in the direction of some 2,500,000 reservists. Thousands were called up, given no idea when they would get out. While Selective Service was deferring non-reservists with dependents, reservists with dependents were hustled into uniform...
House spiders, whose implacable enemy is the housewife, make thick, haphazard webs which Author Crompton regards as a mess. This spider spins only at night, but works indefatigably, and is willing to mend and patch. The only mouse ever recorded as caught and killed by a spider was the victim of a house spider. In Britain, the biggest house spider has a body nearly an inch long, and, counting the legs, is four inches across. This monster is called "the cardinal," because once, at Hampton Court, one scared the 16th Century's Cardinal Wolsey almost to death...
...East, says Dr. Rogers, this method, haphazard at best, does not work: there are no ground squirrels. Eastern mycophagists (fungus eaters) have to go back to first principles and use trained animals. Either dogs or hogs will do, but dogs are nicer to have around the house...
...There'll always be conflicts," is the motto of too many departments. But haphazard scheduling hurts everyone except the most loyal Benchleyites...
...stipulations about the length of rehearsal time, minimum pay, and working hours have all resulted in higher standards in stock productions. Year by year, this large but jumbled business is becoming more organized, but the day that summer theaters become efficiently-run, financially stable ventures, they will lose their haphazard charm. Fortunately, it does not appear likely--or even possible that this will ever happen...