Word: sloppyness
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Some dean in charge of these matters allowed as how the "untidyness" of Yalies had elicited a "great deal of criticism" from visitors, and went on to explain that "not conformity, but neatness" was the aim of the edict. That went without saying, and what the dean must have meant...
* Imbecile † Sloppy ** Sallow †† Prematurely aged * The firm eventually went into receivership. Today's Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Inc. (now a subsidiary of Nestle-Le Mur Co.), though named for her, is a different business, founded in 1907.
In 1906, 36% of the graduating class took advantage of the opportunity for three-year graduation under an accelerated program. Faculty investigation, however, discovered lax standards and sloppy study practices in speeding up the award of a degree. Standards were stiffened and requirements lengthened, and the number of applicants for...
Almost a decade later, Radcliffe students are still strongly opposed to the idea of joint exams which would be closely proctored and which would necessitate wearing skirts rather than sloppy blue jeans, uncombed hair and make-up-less faces.
The same day, Hussein achieved another victory against "outside influences." The first of some 4,000 Syrian troops, installed in Jordan since last November on a pretext of "protecting Jordan from Israeli attack," began pulling out of Mafrak and Irbid. The Syrian soldiers, usually seen strolling in the public squares...