Word: offhandedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whose thickish handiwork stands in eight leading U.S. museums, got an offer from the state of Mississippi, turned it down the same day. No, he would not carve a monument to the late Senator Theodore G. ("The Man") Bilbo; he "could not face the world" if he did-and, offhand, he wasn't able to think of any sculptor who could...
...even the U.S. did not seem to realize how much Europe-and the rest of the world-depended on that determination. In a nation which prides itself on great deeds accomplished offhand, the launching of ECA was accepted almost matter-of-factly. What ECA meant to Europe was summed up last week by London's Economist...
...Offhand, the picture looked like good news: two men, one a policeman, appeared to have rescued a small boy from an icy stream (see cut). But when newspaper readers looked at the caption, they learned that three-year-old Peter Shoukimas of Cranford, N.J. was dead. He had drowned in the Rahway River. His mother said that he was always slipping away to watch the river. "It utterly fascinated him," she said...
...Silly." Office seekers worked out their own electoral techniques. Nanking noted with special interest the race of the Misses Liu, Li and Shen for a seat in the Yuan. Gossiped China News: "Miss Liu has been telling people, in an offhand manner, 'Oh, by the way, do you know that Miss Li long ago said she is not interested in running?' Miss Li has countered by telling people, 'Don't be silly-of course I'm interested...
Incidentally, whom would Congress like appointed? "Name him. I'll consider him. I don't say I'll appoint him, but I'll give him every consideration. . . ." Offhand, neither legislator could name a candidate...