Word: listlessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...city machines, which once whirred Democrats to victory, have become backfiring rattletraps. There is no indication that anyone with any effective tools in hand is looking under the hood. In New York, the toothless old Tammany tiger still lies dazed and listless, and Democrats are wondering where their next candidates for governor and U.S. Senator are coming from. In Illinois, National Committeeman Jack Arvey has virtually retired from the day-to-day problems of party management, and the once-great Cook County organization is dozing under the hand of an apathetic municipal court clerk named Joe Gill. In California, only...
...editors, are the necessary qualifications; knowledge of modern fiction and poetry, the ability to express that knowledge in clear English prose, and a sympathy with the writer of short stories and poetry--he is currently enrolled in an advanced composition course. Thus if a story leaves a confused and listless impression in the critic's mind, it is reasonable to assume that the author, not the reader, has failed. To blame that failure upon the critic Instead of the author is a classic maneuver, and, of course, is in some cases justified. But not, I believe, in this instance...
...performance than it was given. It is hard enough to gain a clear impression of a modern work at first hearing and a faulty performance makes it virtually impossible. Joel Mandelbaum's songs were given a wholly inadequate performance and the Sonata of Peter Westergaard suffered from a listless rendition of the violin part...
...equipment. Pusan's days & nights are noisy with the clatter of U.S. military traffic, ancient taxis, rachitic streetcars (some from Atlanta), and the snorting and lowing of oxen. In dry weather dust all but obscures the city's one traffic light, which is attended by a listless Korean cop. In wet weather the streets are covered by an evil black slime. Sailors say that Pusan's stench can be detected ten miles...
Other problems were equally apparent; listless running and stickhandling by some men caused the loss of many scoring opportunities...