Word: thoughtlessly
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...already bearing. The wholesale distribution of large sums will seriously hinder the production of national wealth, our greatest need at present. While the real sufferers, men who are partially or totally disabled, will be no better off than they are now, shamefully neglected either through gross mismanagement, or through thoughtless ingratitude...
There is in the University one sanctuary where busting efficiency and blazing lights have not penetrated. In the Union library there are good books, staunch old friends that have proved their worth before generations; there are comfortable chairs into which one may sink deep in luxury, thoughtless of decorum; here one can cram the briar full of fragrant Virginian, light it with freedom and lie back in blissful serenity and ease...
...many voters in the United States today consider the ballot but an immediate opportunity to express their personal feelings on this or that question which comes to the polls. A flagrant and disgraceful example of thoughtless vacillation in the use of the franchise is seen in the result of the recent vote of the town meetings of Massachusetts. Last year the inhabitants of nearly every town within forty miles of Boston voted "dry" by a large margin, when the question of prohibition was considered. On Monday these same towns polled not only a marginal plurality but in nearly every case...
However, the Freshman class has selected an unfortunately thoughtless method of presenting their case, inasmuch as the petition printed in yesterday's CRIMSON was the first intimation which the Department of English received of any dissatisfaction. The better way would have been to call the attention of the Department to the matter before resorting to a petition. As in all such instances, the Faculty has a case which, not apparent at first, is of considerable import. The Department of English states that the purely military side of the work is only a fraction of the total requirement for the three...
...never once thought of making use of their rights to express themselves before the election day. During the next two weeks the Seniors will probably dabble in politics but if 1919 lives up to its former standards and endeavors, its criticisms will tend rather towards thoughtful construction than towards thoughtless denunciation...