Word: offhanded
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Though she has lived in London all her life, Bussell is often characterized as having a distinctly American style. That is shorthand for speed, an audacious freedom of movement and an offhand, nonshowy virtuosity-all qualities that make Bussell exhilarating to watch. With such a style, it was inevitable that she would conquer America, and she did so in June 1993 at the gala marking New York City Ballet's Balanchine celebration. To dramatize the international impact of Balanchine's work, artistic director Peter Martins invited some foreign dancers to perform with the company. Bussell was ablaze in the sexy...
...this whimsical hobbling of normal syntax? In a Postscript, our author accounts for his mission: "Offhand, with hindsight, I can think of many factors bubbling about in my brain, but I ought to admit right away that its origin was totally haphazard, touch and go, a flip of a coin. It all got out of hand with a companion calling my bluff (I said I could do it, this companion said I could...
...that California's 1983 pandering law was crafted with male pimps in mind, then asks, "How many men have been convicted of pandering in Los Angeles and are serving mandatory prison time?" Suzanne Childs, speaking for the L.A. district attorney's office, says such statistics are not readily available. Offhand, she recalls only one man doing time for pandering...
...offhand way in which the authors affirm such a negative stereotype demonstrates not only a careless choice of words, but a frightening degree of belief in these debasing generalizations...
...after the Washington establishment weighed down on poor Jesse, the old Senator finally recanted by admitting a "mistake." He stopped just short of formally apologizing for his "offhand remark...