Word: unconcerned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aleut males shared their wives and money with equal unconcern. Every member of the community received an equal share from the sale (to Husband Thornie's company) of the island's blue-fox pelts, whether or not he had helped in the trapping. Chief Dirks, who invariably retreated to his bed when any trouble loomed, explained the system: "Mike Creveden very lazy, no catch foxes, only two or three. We say shouldn't do that but he say he lazy and can't help...
...Louise's second husband, Harold Pierson (Jack Carson) was a happier match. Husband No. 1 had groaned, "Living with you and those kids was like living with Carrie Nation in a den of lions." Pierson, a happy, irresponsible sort, took on Louise and her four children with cheerful unconcern...
Bernice's errand for herself is enough to set anyone thinking with no unconcern about what he is doing on this planet and why. It is very doubtful whether many Army nurses react to their dynamic surroundings in quite the way Bernice does, and it is a tribute to Miss Lawrence's personal charm and utter sincerity of portrayal that matters do not get unconvincing...
...Next Ring. For the most part, Charley Wilson's passionate outburst dropped into an almost bottomless pit of editorial unconcern. But his words, coming from an impeccably Big Businessman, did not fall on deaf ears in the Waldorf's pink and gold Grand Ballroom-which contained at the time the very ears for which they were presumably intended...
...nation's shoe clerks had a fierce week. There were stampedes, late closings, long queues of customers (mostly women, exhibiting a wholly unfeminine unconcern with style as compared to comfort and wear). The shoe stampede illustrated the basic psychology of rationees: need or no need, use Coupon No. 17 before it's too late. But many had held off in order to get the most possible wear out of No. 17. They probably won't use No. 18 until just before it expires...