Word: hazardously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mathematics was at that time studied all four years, culminating in differential calculus. Chemistry was studied in a somewhat hap-hazard manner for a small part of the senior year, while French and Spanish were regarded by students as recreations rather than studies...
...greatest social hazard for a Horace Mann student is being different. Clothes are particularly conformist and fadish. To school the girls wear skirts and blouses or sweaters, and whatever type of shoes is the rage that year. Boys wear sport shirts or sweaters and "drapes"--slightly tapered, flannel slacks. Suit jackets and ties are never seen during school hours...
...hardly minds biting the hand that hesitates to feed him. At every chance, he sneers at the "ocean of mediocrity" brought on by "panic buying" of quiz games and westerns. He insists that advertisers are deluded, says that viewers "are staring in stark disbelief and disinterest, and I hazard the guess that their pocketbooks are zipped...
...other side, Councilor Charles A. Watson said "The whole problem has been overemphasized. Harvard parking is not an inconvenience to Cambridge citizens. The trouble arises from short narrow streets where parking is a hazard in bad weather, and Harvard has done an effective job on keeping those streets clear...
...stroke with the coolest customer on the course: Canada's balding tournament traveler, Stan Leonard. 42. Then Casper made his only mistake-and it was fatal. He misjudged the wind, chose a two-iron instead of a driver and saw his ball splash short in a water hazard. He shot a double-bogey six. Leonard chipped steadily away at par. When he finished the round, Leonard had a total of 275, lowest in tournament history. Casper had 276. That one stroke difference earned Vancouver, B.C. Veteran Leonard 10,000 silver dollars; it brought an $84,260 profit to California...