Word: offhands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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COWARD: Dear boy, I have had no great causes. Do I have to? I can't think of any offhand. If I did, they'd be very offhand. I wanted to write good plays, to grip as well as amuse...
...effect: "We are sorry your man got rubbed out." 3) Perhaps most likely, the whole affair is a colossal military snafu. According to this theory, Abrams might have been annoyed at news of the killing, and told aides in an offhand manner, "We've got to clean those guys up." Overzealous subordinates, misinterpreting his remark, then might have ordered the arrests. Before the imprisoned men could be sprung and the affair hushed up, Lawyer Gregory had heard from Middleton and brought the case into the open...
...part, it probably originates with the offhand elitism of many Harvard students--with their assumption that any institution bearing the name "Harvard" couldn't be quite up to par unless they and their peers participate...
...resisting these appointments, as well as in opposing the Administration's effort to take postmasterships out of politics, Dirksen is in part mirroring Republican displeasure with the offhand manner in which the White House has been handling patronage-which is all-important to the politicians on the Hill. The pols are angry because in many cases they have not been consulted or even informed of the Administration's decisions. Still, Dirksen is far more vehement than his confreres...
...academic quality. There is absolutely no justification for imputing what has happened to a higher (or purer) motive. It is simply political, not academic. Vive le viscera. The cavalier treatment given to ROTC by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences must be seen for what it was: a supercilious, offhand treatment of a grave issue...