Word: haphazardly
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Many of the very things your report finds questionable are not so appalling from the inside. An antique, seemingly haphazard, or unintegrated building dating back into the last century is, if anything, much more therapeutic than brand-new, cold-cut steel and brick. It is the minds, the imaginations, the fancies of those treated that is important, not their carcasses...
...This training . . . can be best done in a sort of school or college where others . . . are learning to be blind. . . . Haphazard and casual training in the home often does more harm than good...
When the Wehrmacht retreats, the partisans retreat with it-harassing, dynamiting, killing, raiding villages and towns, ambushing supply columns, cutting telegraph lines. This war of stealth is not entirely haphazard; a thoroughly organized Central Staff of the Partisan Movement coordinates attack, and keeps in touch with the many "armies," partly by courier and partly by radio. But of necessity the control is loose, and the guerrilla leaders usually choose their own tactics, make their own decisions...
...laid down thus far, the mechanics of control are manifold. Already the consular and diplomatic service is being revised to place expert market analysts over the world. From them the national factory would learn continuously what the world wants to buy, in approximate quantities. Haphazard manufacture would be eliminated. Workers would be shifted as the need arises. Imports would be watched to see that not too much of the nation's payroll goes for luxuries. Manufacturers in financial straits would be helped by tax money when advisable...
This set-up may be changed for the game with Boston College, recently scheduled for November 20, because requests for reserved tickets have already started to trickle in, and if the crowd is likely to be too heavy for this haphazard system, some formalities may have to be introduced...