Word: careless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sought to avoid the appearance of selfish "grasping for office." Presidents, he found, "are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly . . . assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant...
...presented in the Okanogan case--is the matter of adjournment for longer than ten days during the continuance of a session, as, e.g., over the Christmas holidays. The "pocket veto" is conditioned on this: that Congress by their action prevent etc. Unless we are to accuse Gouvernor Morris of careless draughting, we can scarcely construe this to denote only that last adjournment which is not pursuant to the will of Congress, but in obedience to the Constitution which limits the life of a Congress to two years...
Norman Bel Geddes is short, with a muscular chunkiness. His sandy, habitually tousled hair and careless attire indicate no esthetic pose. They suggest the informality of a summer camper, or a man tinkering in a workshop. He was born in Adrian, Mich., in the '90s, and christened Norman Geddes...
...capita consumption of paper should also increase. Careless school children and flighty stenographers would spoil countless sheets headed January 29 or August 30. Busy executives would dictate letters beginning, "Yours of the 30th instant received and contents noted." Thus paper men saw paper-profits. One of the convention delegates suggested as a campaign song for the new movement, "Will you love me in December...
...careless drivers from the road is the sole purpose of the present law. If we may judge by New Hampshire statistics which show a 20 percent increase in registration with a 22 percent decrease in fatalities, the plan under consideration takes care of the purpose of the existing law. In addition, the repeal of the present regulation will lift a heavy load from the shoulders of the careful small-car driver. At present the safe driver bears an insurance burden saddled upon him by the carelessness of others. Finally, by removing insurance from the realm of law, the state will...