Word: rashly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wallets Filched: Freshmen were warned in this week's issue of the Yard Bulletin, the Freshman Dean's Office publication, not to leave wallets in backpacks because of the "rash" of wallet thefts...
Some would-be Apple-pickers may immediately resell their machines to entrepreneurs who have placed a recent rash of advertisements offering to strike a bargain...
...Crimson-plagued all season by inexperience as seven spots on its 12-man are filled by freshmen--demonstrated in the face of the six-point deficit by forcing the Tigers to commit a rash of personal fouls and turnovers that eventually gave Harvard the game...
...best, bittersweet: a dazzling display of the space shuttle's tremendous potential and yet a dismal reminder of the continuing frailty of technology in challenging the cosmos. The troubles ranged from the disastrous loss of two highly sophisticated communications satellites, valued in excess of $150 million, to a rash of lesser mishaps: a clogged toilet, the mysterious blowup of a ballyhooed navigational experiment, and a sudden case of the cramps in the shuttle's Canadian-built mechanical...
...rash of accidents can be blamed partly on Hollywood's "Can you top this?" scramble for more daring car chases, more eye-popping special effects, more realistic action scenes. Another problem, especially in television, is rushed shooting schedules. "In episodic TV today," says veteran Director Paul Stanley, "directors are asked to do a scene in two or three days that years ago in feature films they'd have been given weeks to prepare for." To avert accidents caused by fatigue, the Directors Guild of America has proposed that shooting days for TV series be limited to no more...