Word: offhandedly
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...April 3, 1873, 233. - (b) Parliamentary govt. no more of a success. - (1) Home Rule Bill in England. - (2) Experience of Italy, France and Germany. - (c) Administrative work no improvement. - (1) Written reports as good as speeches: Morrill, p. 422. - (2) Members of Cabinet can not answer detailed questions offhand. - (3) Business still controlled' by committees: Nation...
...subject, a flippancy of tone that is unbecoming and a general character foreign to good advocate editorials. It were best for the writers to recognize that the fault they find with the plays of the Theatre of Arts and Letters - that the authors "thought to write a play offhand" - is to be avoided also in Advocate editorials...
...union is the one organization in college devoted entirely to debating questions of general interest. Membership is open to any student of university, and every fortnight an opportunity is offered him to gain experience in public speaking. College men are somewhat noted for their inability to express themselves offhand clearly and concisely before an audience and only some such practice as that offered at Union meetings will remove...