Word: slapdash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec swept a boom fever as intoxicating as tequila. In the tiny coastal towns of Minatitlán and Coatzacoalcos. Mexicans with bulging bankrolls were spending them on refrigerators, Mixmasters, and dozens of other items they could only dream about a few years ago. Slapdash buildings were going up everywhere; Minatitlán's newest hotel opened for business before it was even finished, a second bank went up, honky-tonk bars and gambling joints were busy 24 hours a day. Cause of it all: sulphur, an element far more valuable to industry than...
...South Pacific's frigate birds have not the high standards of U.S. postmen through storm and sleet and snow and dark of night. But, in their slapdash way, the frigate birds do pretty well. For centuries, the islanders in France's remote Tuamotu archipelago have used the frigate bird to carry messages from island to island, putting their faith in the tropical laziness that prompts the birds to fly no farther than the nearest island. If the mail is not always delivered on time and seldom with any privacy, at least it costs nothing and there...
...sentiment and hard sense, of ruefulness and worldliness, that requires delicately simple treatment. As a play enfolded in music, it could be both piquant and touching. As a grandiose spectacle-with undersea ballets, waterfront fandangos and full-rigged ships crossing the stage -the story becomes both sluggish and slapdash. The heaping portion has been substituted for the proper food...
...Council has not in a "slapdash" or any other manner eliminated any of the committees as yet. The considered clause was added to enable Council members to reflect and discuss it with their constituents...
While both proposals solve the prestige problem of the Permanent Class Committee, the Council's slapdash elimination of the group only aggravates the situation with new difficulties. The Council's assumption that the Permanent Council has nothing to do in the spring and could plan Senior Week is not entirely correct, since it must approve a constitution and make a number of appointments. Dissolving the Class Day Committee automatically cuts out a number of seniors willing to work for the class...