Word: thoughtlessness
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...Chumley's Bertram, on the other hand, is a puzzlement. Thoughtless and rash Bertram may be, but it is difficult to see how he can be the whining child that Chumley would have him in the first two acts. And when he reappears later on, sporting a silky little mustache, he displays a bluff heartiness that keeps ringing false. We are not prepared for Bertram's last petulant falsehoods and final acceptance of Helen in the last act simply because we do not get a real sense of his growing maturity...
...writing to protest the university's thoughtless cruelty in denying scholarships to the graduate students who filed their applications late. This is cruel because many of the students were not properly reminded of the dead-line and some have reasons for their tardiness; and it is depressing for the attitude it reveals towards the whole business of graduate scholarships...
...Young Dems' statement deplored "meaningless and thoughtless protests... which often violate the law solely for the purpose of violation...
...present this mixture of irony, absurdity, and high courage, director Richard Blau fashioned a very intelligent and well-integrated production. Technical mishaps occur, but the relationship of the actors to each other and to their objects is never sloppy or thoughtless. The set, by Joe Inglefinger, is a minor masterpiece of earth mound, rolling desert, and twilight sky (all accomplished within the technical limitations of the Adams House Dining Hall). Seated inside the mound, Diana Allen Delivers Winnie's two hour near-monologue of madness with a dazzling range of style-dirty-old man, guilty-little-girl, calm, logical lunatic...
...tenure nomination, such as occurred at Yale this year in the Bernstein case. It is impossible to know for sure whether or not the committee act as a rubber stamp--whether the refusal of a nomination is a common occurrence, or whether the existence of the committees discourages thoughtless nominations...