Word: haphazardly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last of these is a sort of enthusiastic human phonograph whose only task is to howl vigorously all day long, "Shahbash, shahbash" ("well done, well done"). His yells of encouragement, however, are by no means haphazard. Without his mercenary and uncritical praise the Indian slackens at once. With him acting as deputy the Indian employer shows an interest in his men, every stroke of the pick receives due appreciation...
...today at Soldiers Field. It is expected that enough candidates will report to make up three teams, which will be given a thorough drilling in the fundamentals. Coach W. R. Welch will strive to work up a system of play based on the English method rather than on the haphazard tactics that were used last fall. The most promising men who will report are: Captain F. G. Wale '25, W. D. Livingston 2E.S., L. J. Barnes '26, and S. E. Gray...
...journalist's modern problem, it would seem, is over-production. When one looks at the over-laden newsstands and magazine racks, and notes the same authors in periodical after periodical, it is scarcely to be wondered that most of the writing is make-shift and haphazard. Criticism, especially, is filling more and more space; in fact it is the proving-ground of many a young writer, and the incidental odd-jobbery of older hands at the literary game. But it is not highly paid, and since much of it is under commercial influences, it is perfunctory at best, and usually...
...with a situation where the source of a mystery can be reached by a straight chain of syllogisms. In detecting the perpetrator of a crime, the real detective usually examines all the suspects and finds the guilty party by a winnowing process of elimination, or by the even more haphazard plan of choosing the motive that seems to fit best with the circumstances and then examining suspects with reference to it. When he is successful, which is perhaps as often as not, it is generally by reason of the number of sleuths employed and the volume of evidence collected. Induction...
...letter today concerns the popular Inca pastime of Rolo, which our specialists have just discovered. At the base of the mountain we came upon a huge pile of rocks stacked haphazard at the foot of a broad ramp which led up the slope to the site of the university. We were long in a quandary about their significance, but by means of various records unearthed in the city above, or cut in the rocky faces of the cliff (details of which I must spare you), Senor Alvarotez has deduced this astonishing explanation...