Word: thoughtless
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While we strongly deplore the type of thoughtless and irrational action originally contemplated by the CUSC, we are far more deeply disturbed by the timidity and apathy prevalent in the student community. This timidity has been well-reflected in the refusal of the Student Council to assume the leadership in uniting student organizations for possible common action in the event of flagrant unfairness by the Jenner Committee. At its Monday meeting the Council overwhelmingly refused even to send a representative to the organizational meeting of the CUSC. The overzealous direction this meeting subsequently took in no way excuses the original...
...biweekly Down Beat takes its jazz seriously and is not given to tossing off thoughtless accolades. But last week four-fifths of the magazine was devoted to one man, Edward Kennedy Ellington-the Duke. One tribute: "The first American composer to catch in his music the true jazz spirit...
...parties as a waste of time, but loves dining out with people he knows, keeps a well-stocked cellar for home entertaining. (Quipped Friend Alexander Woollcott when Harriman became ambassador to London: "Oh to be in England now that Averell's there.") Like many a millionaire, he is thoughtless about pocket money, one day had to borrow a nickel and a penny from his legal counsel to get a candy bar and a handful of peanuts (his lunch) from a White House vending machine...
...Sara Delano Roosevelt, treated her like a child. The old lady controlled the family purse strings; she hired the bride's servants, and ruled the bride's house and husband: Franklin always deferred to his mother. A longtime acquaintance remembers Sara Roosevelt saying before company, in thoughtless brutality: "Eleanor, don't act the fool...
...Directors of the Bureau believe also that counselors should work in and with the teaching faculty. Whitlock this year is teaching a section in Social Sciences 112; Perry teaches Guidance 12 in the School of Education. Perry warns of the split which can follow any thoughtless expansion of professional counseling...