| 单词 | slapdash |
| 例句 | He assumed that Lawrence, in his slapdash way with numbers, had mislaid a decimal point and meant a microcurie, a thousand times less. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They were slow, they were thorough; none of the slapdash arrogance and sudden deviousness that marked Karhidish officialdom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner, and as usual she gets away with it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They interpreted their slapdash working conditions, created by chronic underfunding by the AEC, as an ominous sign that the agency’s commitment to Livermore remained conditional. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I have no doubt it was the quickest, most slapdash heat-eater ever created. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With his engineer’s soul, Brobeck could not help but be offended by the Rad Lab’s slapdash operation and maintenance standards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The staff did not greet the Joliots’ achievement as joyously as Madame Curie, for the discovery was another reproach to their slapdash methodology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One thing that did not change was the lab’s slapdash approach to scientific procedure, including safety procedure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For all its arresting images and symbols, “The Young Pope” is still a serial driven by story, and the narrative and character motivations are slapdash and underdeveloped. Review: ‘The Young Pope’ Is Beautiful and Ridiculous 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z With its slapdash aesthetic, the result has the mouthfeel of mystery stew: old ingredients randomly cooked. Review: Familiar Rock Dreams in ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z A sprawling tale assembled from dozens of styles, genres and plots, the show is by turns slapdash, bewildering, rousing and ridiculous. | 'From Rags to Riches': ?From Rags to Riches? at the Metropolitan Playhouse - Review 2011-09-26T21:31:46Z The slapdash structure definitely hurts the movie as much as the plodding script. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z But the movie, a slapdash affair, met with critical derision and public indifference. Steve Rossi, Straight Man of Comedy Duo Allen and Rossi, Dies at 82 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Which oddly pleases him, particularly as it applies to this latest volume, which The Post calls “slapdash,” “sloppy” and “a self-defeating exercise.” Bret Easton Ellis, the political outrage machine who has never voted for president 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Some of the filmed segments might enjoy a bit of razzle-dazzle, but it is always juxtaposed with the slapdash make-do-and-mend nature of the studio segments. No host, no hope: is it time for Top Gear to be sent to the scrapheap? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The film inside the film seems a bit slapdash. Review: ‘Becoming Bulletproof’ Follows a Group of Disabled Adults in a Film Within a Film 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z "While its coarseness will put off some people," LaSalle continued, "'Horrible Bosses 2' is the furthest thing from slapdash." 'Horrible Bosses 2' earns part of its title, reviews say 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Much of the action in “Actual Size,” as with any good work of suspense, is contingent on multiple people and their impeccable yet seemingly slapdash timing. 'Actual Size,' Sally Silvers’s Work at Roulette 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Well, I am not a fan ... but that's because I'm a literary snob who prefers the meticulous work of Tolkien over the slapdash, write-it-and-read-it-in-an-afternoon approach in Lewis's children's books. All is well with Narnia 2010-12-13T16:22:00Z Actually, they were still testing themselves in real time, on a stage where every lapse — and inevitably there were a few sour vocals and slapdash guitars — would be very public. Review: At Desert Trip, Rocking Beyond the Hits With a Vengeance 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It doesn't take a SpaceX engineer to come up with reasons as to why that is, besides years upon years of quick-hit, slapdash TV news coverage of protests and the movements that inspired them. On TV, protesters are faceless rabble while cops are bestowed with humanity 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z But the story, Scott wrote, is a “busy, slapdash contraption designed above all to satisfy the imperatives of big-budget family entertainment.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Lego Movie’ and ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Forced to wait at least half an hour for the skeletal plot to kick in, we have plenty of time to notice the awkward dialogue and slapdash logic. ‘Left Behind’ Stars Nicolas Cage as a Pilot 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z These interviews are so slapdash that you wonder if Mr. Pappas simply stopped people at random and filmed them on the spot. | 'To Age or Not to Age': Robert Kane Pappas?s Documentary 2010-07-15T22:37:00Z In so doing, she dug a hole for herself: in a famously infernal New Yorkerreview, Katha Pollitt wrote, “It is a careless and irresponsible performance, poorly argued and full of misrepresentations, slapdash research, and gossip.” In defense of Katie Roiphe 2012-09-04T19:52:00Z Also there was a more slapdash approach to the benefits system. Andrew Weatherall: 'Never take the Guardian on to a building site' 2013-02-06T16:50:00Z Moreover, the acting/puppeteering style occasionally displays too little precision, lapsing at one point into slapdash roughhousing/yelling mode. Review | Pointless Theatre’s slapdash ‘Don Cristóbal’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Some found his books and lectures slapdash; others disliked his social climbing and occasional rudeness. ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Every quilt tells a story: one depicting Aesop's Fables, dated 1780–1830, clearly shows evidence of two hands – one detailed and precious, the other slapdash. The V&A has quilts all stitched up 2010-03-17T21:35:00Z With playgrounds empty, camp counselors back at college, pools shuttered and parents’ slapdash child care arrangements crumbling in the heat, this fourth and final month of summer, parents and children agree, is no fun. Back-to-School Shopping Now Takes Months 2012-08-29T20:40:10Z Befitting an actor whose résumé includes both “Dead Man Walking” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Bob Honey” is all over the place in any format, slapdash in style and structure. Review | What is Sean Penn thinking? His debut novel is a mess, again. 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Related: Golden Globes 2016: who will win, and who should win the TV categories There was once a time where the Golden Globes were rightly treated as the slapdash afterthought they really are. Golden Globes: thank you, famous people, for embarrassment, insincerity … and Mel 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?My slapdash. Q&A: Frankie Boyle 2012-08-24T21:59:30Z The design can also feel less than intentional, slapdash almost. ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Roams His Past 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Their faces scroll past on what looks like a giant cellphone screen, making it easy to contrast the images’ startling accuracy with their ingeniously slapdash method. Photography in the Raw 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “Noah Beck Tries Things” is a slapdash trifle of consequence-free content production. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Geographically, Glanbeigh is a slapdash mess—I’ve little doubt that if someone were to attempt to draw a map of the place going on “Young Skins,” it would be completely incoherent. This Week in Fiction: Colin Barrett 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The tone of Posner’s show is always high, even when the antics are low: This is grown-up fun, never a slapdash goof. Review | Having it all as the first female playwright in ‘Or,’ 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The slapdash whimsy of the rooms isn’t so different from what you’d find in any communal living quarters shared by young aspiring artists. Review: Visiting ‘Houseworld,’ and the Perils and Pleasures of Immersive Theater 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “Family” offers Mr. Perry’s signature ingredients: multiple subplots; a Southern setting; and broad comedy, florid melodrama and inspirational Christianity, tossed together with an almost slapdash élan. | 'Madea?s Big Happy Family': A Fractious Family With Cancer on the Agenda 2011-04-24T21:46:55Z Still, it’s true that there can be a slapdash feel to some of these projects. Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z The result is a movie of a cynicism so vast and pervasive as to render the viewing experience even emptier than its slapdash aesthetic does. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Peer closer, though, and the slapdash nature of its "classical" backdrop becomes apparent. Primal meets parody in Tim Roda photo show at Greg Kucera 2012-03-01T20:58:03Z My wife believes the perfect is the enemy of the good, and will accomplish tasks in a way I feel is slapdash. Carolyn Hax: A wife who gets things done is judged by a nitpicking husband 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Despite her often magical prose Ms. Smith does not manage to orchestrate such elements into a satisfying or original story, largely because her depictions of Leah and Natalie remain so slapdash and judgmental. Books of The Times: ‘NW’ by Zadie Smith 2012-08-26T19:49:57Z Mr. Green apologized for the slapdash quality of the performance — it was a rehearsal — then read passages from his novel that describe Aza’s debilitating fear about the wound on her finger. John Green Opens Up About His Own Struggles 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z There are moments when the slapstick becomes slapdash – it's debatable whether the digressive improvisations based on Ghostbusters and The Lion King are really necessary, and the whole concept may be too cloying for some. Hamlet the Clown?Prince ? review 2011-03-09T19:45:00Z By far Mo's best book and I hope the rather slapdash nature of some of his later work doesn't detract from the particular novel's reputation. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z It makes slapdash grabs for attention - dinosaurs were in the last one - and the franchise is compelled by little more than further box office receipts. Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z Rather, we get a lengthy, choppy procession of short scenes and bits — some rather dry historical narration, an impish lecture from a slapdash art historian, a smattering of homemade visual effects. Stage collage skims the surface of Salvador Dalí’s offbeat life and work 2013-04-25T22:45:34Z This is not to suggest that there’s anything remotely slapdash about his performance in this show, which is directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. | 'Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway': ?Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway? at Broadhurst - Review 2011-11-11T03:01:10Z And, befitting an actor whose résumé includes both “Dead Man Walking” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” Bob Honey is all over the place, slapdash in style and structure. What exactly is Sean Penn’s role in the mysterious ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the film-maker has revealed wants to remake his 1997 blockbuster Titanic in 3D, but said it will be different because he plans to take his time instead of doing a "slapdash conversion". 3D or not 3D? 2010-05-18T07:25:00Z Among the slapdash, the crudely innovative and the downright nihilist, there are some interesting artists. Why you are the future of photography 2011-07-13T17:25:51Z After so many years of lackluster showings and slapdash storytelling, not knowing what to expect is terrifying – but in a bad way. American Horror Story season six review – a scarily shaky start 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But the volatile chemistry between Ms. McCarthy and Ms. Bullock is something to behold, and carries “The Heat” through its lazy conception and slapdash execution. Movie Review: ‘The Heat’ Is a Buddy Movie Without Any Guys 2013-06-27T16:22:35Z Under Rolston’s eye we see the dummies, which date from as early as 1890, as unique, handmade objects, roughly whittled and painted in broad, slapdash strokes. Matthew Rolston photos of ventriloquist dummies have much to say 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z To better entertain the crowd, it punctuated the music with a slapdash circus, including a juggler, a singing saw player and a team of acrobats. Can’s Live Shows Will Be Heard at Last, Thanks to a Bootlegger in Big Pants 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Variety's Justin Chang gives "Hot Tub 2" a mildly positive review, calling it an "enjoyably screw-loose vision" with "just the right amount of slapdash, surrealism-for-slobs attitude." 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' zaps to future but goes nowhere, reviews say 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The man paid $500 for the slapdash work, but Helen convinced Geisel to return the collector’s money. Review | A portrait of Dr. Seuss offers a look at the prankster workaholic behind the iconic characters 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z I could get through a fair amount of words each day by applying the same slapdash approach to quality control that Alan would have. Alan Partridge: a look inside his mind 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z The design is more coherent, but only in the slapdash sense that the producers seem to have skimped on budget and time. ‘Complicity’ Review: A Muddled #MeToo Drama 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z And thanks to the snaking skills of the cinematographer Aaron McLisky, the movie’s action — like a stunning opening sequence that caused my jaw to drop — is swift without seeming slapdash. ‘Talk to Me’ Review: Letting the Wrong One In 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z It was a pretty slapdash affair, a kind of workshop performance that allowed me to try on a solo show for size. John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z I stayed there two nights, and what seemed slapdash in the day revealed its charm at night, when the silence was broken only by the calls of a great horned owl. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The set changed the album’s running order, and the band didn’t try to copy exactly the album’s studio effects or its sometimes deliberately slapdash playing. Music Review: A Musician?s Musician Receives His Tribute 2011-03-28T00:51:23Z Elsewhere, the week’s court case, involving a fight between Arab-American and Jewish students that develops into a murder case, was even more slapdash and random than usual. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Good Wife' Watch: Let's Start With the Haircut 2011-09-26T14:30:58Z He liked even less the slapdash neo-Expressionism that lumbered through the galleries of SoHo in the 1980s. The Art of Being Critical: Robert Hughes (1938-2012) 2012-08-07T22:19:53Z While Snyder incorporated at least some of those elements into his 2009 retelling, the work was slapdash and, true to the director’s style, mined for bombast instead of meaning. Actually, maybe HBO shouldn’t adapt “Watchmen” at all 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Worse — major spoiler alert — was the slapdash way in which the show killed off one of its more well-liked characters, the steadfast werewolf Alcide. 'True Blood' Recap: Shot, Without So Much as a Goodbye 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Bob Avian, the musical’s original co-choreographer and the director of the Broadway revival, supervised the production, and there was nothing slapdash about Lee’s staging. Still a singular sensation: 'A Chorus Line' at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The April awards were the first under the updated arrangement, but instead of chattering about how it did or didn’t work, people were gobsmacked by the slapdash quality of the event. After Levy, what next for Theatre Washington and the Hayes Awards? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Until then, though, we —by which I mean everyone who goes to the movies — will have to contend with a grab bag of innovation, ambition and slapdash workmanship. Film: 3-D Abounds, but What?s the Frenzy Really About? 2010-05-08T02:49:00Z "And Just Like That…" tries to correct that massive slight, albeit in slapdash fashion, and while never quite figuring out how to integrate these new characters in a way that doesn't tokenize them. How "And Just Like That" makes its new friends compete for a seat at the table 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z It was some time after this that I took a long, soft look at my slapdash, half-arsed approach to life, and realised that I am an everythingist. I'm an everythingist – craving new experiences, but unwilling to put the work in 2013-06-11T17:30:01Z Parquet Courts, a quartet from New York with an acclaimed album, "Light Up Gold," exuded a kind of shaggy, slapdash attitude as they took the stage in the afternoon sun. SXSW Day 4: Rhye, Mo, Mikal Cronin, Parquet Courts 2013-03-16T17:01:00Z The result is a show that comes across as slapdash and careless about the very problems it proclaims to take seriously. 13 Reasons Why: what the controversial drama gets wrong 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The magnificence of E.T. - the Extra Terrestrial, for instance, is not compromised by the famously slapdash spin-off video game, copies of which were discovered buried in a New Mexico landfill. A Nightmare on Elm Street toaster? The worst movie merchandise 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But do our various railway companies have to contribute further to the woes of the slapdash? Premium rail product? That's the early morning smell of a stranger's armpit 2013-01-06T00:08:11Z But then, the writing can be slapdash, too, in its pursuit of big targets: the submission of Algerian women in a patriarchal society; resistance and collaboration; the physical and mental impact of colonization. Review: ‘The Strangest,’ a Different Perspective on Camus’s Classic 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Hughes filmed dozens of takes of many scenes — Russell told McCarthy the whole shoot was "painful S the most insane thing I've ever seen" — but the stars' acting is slapdash and the pace torpid. Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z Out on “la periferia,” lovely farmlands have been torn up for slapdash development. Review | A teenager meets the family she didn’t know existed in ‘A Girl Returned’ 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The old stereo mixes can be heard as slapdash or as downright avant-garde. ‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z By that time, “Wives” has devolved from enjoyable, slapdash satire into a consciousness-raising pep rally. Review: In ‘Wives,’ the Other Halves Have Their Say 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z I had no idea whether his handwriting was bold or crabbed, sloping or upright, italic or rounded, elegant or slapdash. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z Scrambled eggs are — for all intents and purposes — perhaps the simplest, most immediately accessible preparation for a slapdash weekday morning. 10 tips for the best scrambled eggs of your life 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Despite its shambling, slapdash manner, it shares overly much in the very media gloss that it lampoons; the movie is both soigné and clumsy, unable to break through its own sheen. The Scattershot Satire of “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z And in trying to be inclusive, D’Ambrosio goes overboard — the sheer number of interviews gives the film a slapdash feeling and undermines its impact. ‘Let Fury Have the Hour’: Progressive artists vent with passion 2013-02-14T22:45:41Z On its own, the depressing family drama would be bearable, but Hobson loses her thread when “Summer Cannibals” veers into frenetic, upsetting, slapdash melodrama. Three Canadian Novels Test the Bonds — and Boundaries — of Family 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Even people who are naturally funny, like these two, are not always funny — not at a dinner table and not in this slapdash confection of an alien comedy. Paul Review: E.T. With a Potty Mouth 2011-03-17T16:05:00Z What little we see of Con’s slapdash thesis doesn’t inspire much confidence that he’ll ever find the success that Emer thinks he deserves. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The playboy publisher and his Daily Sentinel shared a slapdash, insouciant impudence. Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a ... 2011-01-09T02:13:01Z In “Chasing Andy Warhol,” a slapdash work of street performance by Bated Breath Theater Company, the pop artist, who died in 1987, has repopulated select blocks of Manhattan’s East Village. Review: In ‘Chasing Andy Warhol,’ Street Theater Goes Pop 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Except the slapdash is neither nicely written, nor nicely acted nor nicely made. Anything Can Happen on New Year's Eve?Except That Not Much Does 2011-12-08T15:49:58Z On his fifth studio album as a solo artist, Stephen Malkmus finally delivers a Pavement-esque collection of loose yet concise melodies that lope across the fine line between slapdash and inspired. Album review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, 'Mirror Traffic' 2011-08-24T19:37:00Z The musical sequences, featuring slapdash choreography by Chase Brock, tend to blend into one another. Review: A High School Meltdown Heats Up ‘Be More Chill’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The slapdash and transitory nature of it, the sense of a place that was thrown up over a weekend and could disappear overnight, is part of the pleasure. As Life Spins On, the Midway Beckons 2010-08-28T05:01:00Z But the slapdash adventures here lack compelling performers and bound merrily along without distinction. ‘The Pirates,’ a Korean Swashbuckler 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Matters aren’t helped by a lack of structure and a sometimes slapdash style. Review | In ‘White,’ Bret Easton Ellis baits his critics with morsels specially tooled to elicit outrage 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s a deceptively slapdash approach, if you know what I mean. Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies: the famous deck of cards behind "Another Green World" 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z For all his seemingly slapdash attitude, Westerberg crafted songs that could be achingly vulnerable and sweetly melodic one minute, and hit like an out-of-control bus the next. Replacements reunion: Genius or folly? 2013-07-12T18:03:00Z Despite its slapdash editing, the book amplifies a sense many readers took away from “Redeeming Features,” Mr. Haslam’s 2008 memoir of a life whose surface frivolity masked more vulnerable depths. Nicky Haslam’s House of Commons 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The show, with a slapdash book by Rodgers, Hart and George Abbott, opened in 1936 and was revived twice more, as well as being turned into a botched film. Review: Ballet meets hoofing in fun 'On Your Toes' 2013-05-09T17:12:08Z Daily specials are scribbled on paper and taped slapdash to the wall, but the artful plates are prepared with care. 36 Hours in Stockholm 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z An interactive exhibit called “The Reconstruction Game” finds humor in the uphill battle for black progress, but overstays its welcome; so does a faux political forum that features slapdash impressions of some American presidents. ‘Black History Museum’ Review: Learn. Laugh. Suffer. Move Along. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Byron was even more slapdash: parts of Don Juan were written on the back of playbills. Can paper survive the digital age? 2012-11-09T09:20:27Z Once again our heroes' missing hours are not entirely explained, but this time that decision feels sloppy and slapdash in a way it didn't quite in "The Hangover." The mind-boggling awfulness of "The Hangover Part II" 2011-05-26T18:10:00Z But the industry is known for churning out slapdash films with feeble story lines, amateurish acting and sloppy production values. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z It felt a little slapdash for these two professionals, and it wasn’t the only thing about the episode that seemed thinner and more contrived than usual. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 13: Deus ex Kimmy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z At the moment the lanes are disjointed, often slapdash and hardly policed, provoking antipathy and occasional chaos in the streets. Critic?s Notebook: A Bike-Lane Perch for the Urban Show 2011-11-07T19:50:40Z Even if your frosting technique is slapdash, everything’s hidden under an elegant scattering of chocolate curls. Dorie Greenspan’s ‘Baking Chez Moi,’ reviewed: It’s no mere puff project Saucily entitled Sex With An X, its 12 slapdash singalongs display a charming disdain for boring concepts like development and maturity. The Vaselines: 'We've finally learned how to play those bloomin' songs!' 2010-07-19T12:23:00Z The spectacle was bright and often charming, but the choreography fell short, with a rushed, slapdash effect. What the Washington Ballet needs in a new director 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Both artists are known for their casual approach to the recording process, but this is a slapdash, ramshackle effort, with arrangements so loose they risk unraveling. Review: Snider too loose on tribute to Walker 2012-04-24T18:34:10Z Mr. Young’s slapdash style, which suggests a Roger Corman movie crossed with dinner theater, extends to the clanking sound effects and flagrantly fake backdrops. Review: ‘Human Highway’ and ‘Muddy Track,’ Whimsical ’80s Artifacts From Neil Young 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Her dinners pole-vault stereotypes of Caribbean food as being laid-back and slapdash. Pop-Up Dinners That Share a Culture, Course by Course 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But eventually I hit on a version that suits my cooking temperament, which I would describe as a slapdash maniac with a decent palate. Self-protective cooking for a judgemental mother requires this recipe 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Sometimes Joseph, in his slapdash style, put in too much, and the bubbles outgrew the fountain, creating ever-widening concentric foam rings that burst their fragile stickiness on someone’s sandalled foot. Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford to Return 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z When that gets old, at least there’s solace in the premise, however slapdash its execution. ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: Here Come the Grease Monkeys 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z One store offers items for up to six figures; they are represented, humorously, with slapdash line drawings. The World Grieves for Millions. An Artist Grieves for One. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The signs on store windows telling us to keep six feet apart were slapdash and scrawled by hand. Some young women embraced their gray hair during the pandemic. They might not go back. 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The story is a busy, slapdash contraption designed above all to satisfy the imperatives of big-budget family entertainment. Movie Review: ‘The Lego Movie’ Toys With Thinking Outside the Manual 2014-02-06T13:00:01Z The guide led me to conclude that it would be slapdash and exhausting. How to plan your family’s first international vacation 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z No science fiction author of his generation had a more polished or more poetic prose style — a skill that stood out all the more given the slapdash sentences of his pulp fiction contemporaries. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z As a paragon of action in a situation where action has little or no meaning, he's the best element in a script that occasionally feels slapdash. 'Keyhole': a mad Maddin adventure 2012-06-14T20:44:05Z Agreeably snappy and delightfully original, if a bit slapdash, "Sound of Noise" may especially appeal to music lovers — or to anyone who finds the sight of a metronome in a zip-lock evidence bag hilarious. Your guide to SIFF 2011 2011-05-18T20:00:54Z In times of crisis, some think it’s enough to throw something slapdash together, serve it to the world and hope it heals some people. This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Named for her date of birth and performed more than 20 times over the past decade, the slapdash solo evolves as she does. Review: Ayelen Parolin’s ‘25.06.76’ Evolves as She Does 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The effect is slapdash and detracts from the book's otherwise splendid appearance. 'The Conference of the Birds': reviving a 12th-century Persian epic 2011-11-16T22:53:03Z Mr. Stewart’s final night seemed more slapdash than either of those earlier ones and might not produce a viral-ready excerpt, but it had perhaps the most heartfelt moment of any of them. Jon Stewart Cements His Legacy in ‘Daily Show’ Finale 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z As the film speeds to a slapdash resolution, you might miss Perry’s one good speech about love — “Stop building them walls and build you some fences” — which can’t counterbalance a half-dozen hopelessly ridiculous ones. ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming’ Review: Tyler’s Hard Lemonade 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The piece has a slapdash quality that was transformative in itself, knocking art off its pedestal and setting the stage for generations of artists who preferred spontaneity to polish. Master of surprises 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z "The slapdash comedy of all this is highlighted by what Dame Margot told me about those hectic decisions taken at sea at 6 a.m. on that Sunday," he said. Ballerina's clumsy role in coup attempt detailed 2010-05-30T05:46:00Z Most high school history curricula skip over her contributions to black entrepreneurial history and her support of the Harlem Renaissance in their slapdash black history month lesson plans. Netflix's lush "Self Made" deftly glams up an underexposed history 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The novel is a slapdash, picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale — “On the Road” crossed with “Henderson the Rain King” with some nods to “National Lampoon’s Vacation” along the way. Review: Dave Eggers’s New Novel, ‘Heroes of the Frontier’ 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z But for those who don't have the time or resources to make "fake lime juice" or super juice, their options are likely a slapdash mix of lemon and bitters or bottled lime juice. Squeezed: How cartels, climate and supply chains are causing lime prices to surge 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s a muddled and slapdash portrait, though — a thin gloss on its superior sources that consistently dips into caricature. ‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Dime-Store ‘Downton’ 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z This production of "Cinderella" is slapdash and strangely snarky in places, but it does the trick of plunging us back into the restorative and timeless pleasure of make-believe. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The many disoriented Kanye West fans searching for clarity in his music are unlikely to find answers in “Ye,” the slapdash new album he released at midnight on Friday. Kanye West’s “Ye” Is a Slapdash Response to a Torturous Year 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z In the end, everything's smiles and song and good feeling; never mind that it was a bit slapdash getting there. Heavenly casting lifts folksy 'Joyful Noise' 2012-01-11T19:47:11Z These songs are sung by Ms. Shipp, who lacks Aaliyah’s vocal cool and nuance, though that is among the least of this often slapdash and occasionally bumbling film’s problems. 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' Debuts on Lifetime 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z This wasn’t some slapdash, stunt Christmas cash grab, either. Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn and Chris Columbus save Christmas 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The 90-minute show was by turns goofy, confused, uproarious and slapdash — a fine mix for this ribald comedy. Instant Shakespeare Company?s Bare-Bones Readings 2010-07-15T22:08:00Z Pig Iron goes for slapdash — expertly planned and executed slapdash — and hits the mark. Theater Review: Within ‘Twelfth Night,’ a Delirious One-Man Show 2014-02-16T21:19:31Z The films that do get made are largely geared toward a quick buck - slapdash comedies and over-the-top melodramas with poor production values. Cairo cinema gives Egypt home for alternative film 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z None of the characters on stage really look like enviably glamorous popular people, but friendly nebbishes imitating the social elite with slapdash satirical broad strokes. Review: Anxious Teenagers Learn to ‘Be More Chill’ on a Big Stage 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Attorney Harry Litman cautioned that unlike Trump's other "slapdash quality" court filings, this "relatively polished" filing appears to be aimed at convincing the Trump-packed Supreme Court. "He will be destroyed on cross-examination": Experts trash Trump's doomed "Richard Nixon" defense 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, called the House Republican CR agreement "slapdash and reckless," adding that a bipartisan continuing resolution is "the only answer for avoiding a government shutdown." Top House Republican McCarthy to test narrow majority in shutdown fight 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z It has been a year-and-a-half since India announced incentives to power up a homegrown semiconductor manufacturing industry and launched a national mission, but progress has been slapdash. Semiconductors: Can India become a global chip powerhouse? 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Longtime breeders who adhere to health testing and other guidelines feel that Frenchie fever already has attracted opportunistic, slapdash people producing anything-goes, possibly unhealthy pups. The Frenchie becomes a favorite — and a dog-show contender 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Nor can this be written off as an unhappy accident; senior management — if you can really call them that — was repeatedly warned of potential problems with its slapdash approach. Opinion | Sam Bankman-Fried is a product of our time 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z To watch a platform used by hundreds of millions run in such a slapdash manner has been fascinating, and no doubt troubling to the companies that saw themselves spoofed when previous verification standards fell away. Opinion | Elon Musk excommunicates the priestly caste of Twitter 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z There’s not a lot to suggest that the legal team assembled by one of the most powerful entities on the planet asked GPT to throw together a slapdash agreement. Column: How Disney's lawyers brutally manhandled DeSantis over control of Disney World 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Given, however, the government’s recent attempts to shape the information ecosystem, and given the government’s slapdash criminalization of speech by means of the law the court will consider come Monday, wariness is prudent. Opinion | How government casually violates the letter and spirit of the First Amendment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z This will prevent companies from training chatbots in a slapdash manner, and it will reveal what political slant a chatbot might have, what topics it won’t touch and what toxicity the developers didn’t eschew. Three Easy Ways to Make AI Chatbots Safer 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Torres’ biggest hit sketch from his time writing on “Saturday Night Live” was easily “Papyrus,” a viral send-up of the first “Avatar” movie’s inexplicably slapdash font choice. 'Choose your own adventure' at SXSW: Here are the 5 titles we're most excited about 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Much of this slapdash street advertising isn’t for the big chain pharmacies, but for the smaller ones — the independent and mom-and-pop shops. Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z They say that the official roster used for the wall was so slapdash that they cannot find much rhyme or reason to who was included and who was left out. A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Wedged between neighborhoods of tightly packed bungalows, the corridor features several slapdash sheds playing music and serving drinks. A Vibrant Nightlife Scene Booms in South Africa’s Townships 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z But my main issue is my manager, whom I find to have a very poor work ethic and slapdash approach. Accommodation Is Not a Shield From Criticism 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Music is a small detail, but conference organisers still need to get it right, to avoid the impression of being shambolic or slapdash, he says. Why do politicians use walk-on music? 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The report also exposed slapdash technological workarounds that left experts using five different types of software to label a single tweet as misinformation. Twitter can’t afford to be one of the world’s most influential websites 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z That was achieved by careful planning, not slapdash last-minute emergency planning, Cavanagh observed at the time. Column: Keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open is a dangerous waste of effort and money 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z What is happening now is an inversion of the slapdash and virtually non-existent infrastructure surrounding Trump ahead of his 2017 presidential transition. Think Trump's first term was a nightmare? Wake up — if he wins again, the worst is yet to come 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z It snowed for almost two hours in January 1932, enough snow for a census of slapdash snowmen to rise up in parts of L.A. Lightning, killer floods and even snow: The real L.A story has weather drama 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z At the time, the gatherings seemed a slapdash, desperate attempt to mimic President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede. Trump campaign documents show advisers knew fake-elector plan was baseless 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z City leaders’ slapdash approach to redesigning the city’s public-safety apparatus in response to 2020’s demands for racial reckoning caused this expensive mistake. Seattle’s parking-refund snafu reveals depths of dysfunction 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z In one of the fables that explains its origins, a slapdash artist paints a tiger’s head but changes his mind midway and completes the creature with a horse’s body. Forget About Perfection. Embrace ‘Mamahuhu.’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Pompeo’s selection as CIA director was somewhat accidental, the result of Trump’s slapdash approach to everything. Opinion | Mike Pompeo ponders entering the presidential marathon 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z As they approached a deal on the outlines, they appeared to be at risk of producing legislation that is so compromised and slapdash that it would amount to a tragic missed opportunity. Opinion | Build Back Better is getting worse and worse 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He said he felt that “Rust” was too much of a slapdash production, one with an overriding focus on saving money instead of a concern for people’s safety. Veteran prop master turned down 'Rust' film: 'An accident waiting to happen' 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z A week after announcing her candidacy, McGeachin issued the first executive order, which one political commentator described as “brilliant politics with slapdash policymaking.” Idaho’s governor left the state. His lieutenant governor took power and banned state vaccine mandates. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “He sought unprecedented relief, and his team pressed the case in a slapdash manner incommensurate with the gravity of the subject matter.” Trump should pay legal fees for failed lawsuit, Wisconsin governor says 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z After more than two hours of the new messy Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” it’s not clear what it means, wasting a lot of superb screen talent in the slapdash process. Review: Aretha Franklin bio ‘Respect’ maybe too respectful 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Twitter’s verification process is notoriously slapdash, but you’d expect the company not to fall for the exact same fake twice, right? Twitter verifies fake Cormac McCarthy account (again) 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Something they noticed early on was a slapdash repair to one of Cornwall’s architecturally significant bridges, which replaced the original concrete with an unappealing metal guardrail. How New Yorkers in One Small Town Became Allies Instead of Enemies 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Republicans later raised the charge to Dr. Monahan directly during an in-person meeting, accusing him of acting based on slapdash data and the speaker’s political interests — a claim he strenuously denied. In the Capitol, Revival of Mask Mandate Ignites Partisan Recriminations 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Then it is handled in a casual, slapdash way, like a paperback that slipped off a shelf. The Strange Joy of Watching the Police Drop a Picasso 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Last year, the prison’s slapdash pandemic response provoked unrest inside Monroe. Washington prisons require humane climate resiliency 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z All the tropes of mommy blogger fiction are in place: the white wine-fueled bitchfests, the slapdash school runs, the competitive bake sales. Review: Real housewives of diplomacy: A Namibia embassy novel turns an eye toward injustice 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Federally mandated science exams for students in fourth and eighth grades this year are equally slapdash. Editorial Roundup: New York 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “You would really hope that a bookshop is the last place to be so slapdash with English.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The win marked a quick and surprising ascension to a football trophy, one mostly forged in the slapdash settings of an extended offseason and condensed winter football season. After enduring a tough first season, Independence is in the state semifinals in Year 2 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Martin, for his part, didn’t have high hopes for the slapdash raft, given the name “Lotsaknots.” Reed raft stands the test of one of the West’s epic journeys 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z That was missing in the slapdash 2020 season, which began four months too late and ended after just 60 games, far too soon. Mariners’ late burst of offense rewards small sellout crowd, whose excitement couldn’t be dulled by COVID-19 protocols 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z These books are slapdash, hasty, devoid of urgency. Appreciation: How Larry McMurtry's early work obliterated western clichés 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z “Klara and the Sun” is a distinctly “mature” novel — as assured as ever, but slapdash in places compared to the author’s meticulous earlier work. Review: Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel is one of his very best 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The website had a homely, almost slapdash design with a light blue banner and a strange name: Slate Star Codex. Silicon Valley’s Safe Space 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The reality is the operating system is less of a new alternative and more of a slapdash fork of Android 10, according to a new report from Ron Amadeo at Ars Technica. Huawei’s HarmonyOS appears to just be a forked version of Android 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Critics called the process slapdash, with little to no input from historians and a lack of information on the basis for each recommendation. San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z There’s a sense of triumph from my slapdash cookery. I grew up learning to cook what’s on hand, and now it’s my pandemic superpower 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z It was overly broad, a fast, slapdash measure intended to inject some capital into the sputtering economy and assist those who needed immediate aid in paying rent or bills. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z On the other, slapdash rules may contain errors, making them more vulnerable to getting struck down in court. Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections, and implement other last-minute policies 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z He quickly sought to clarify himself, in the latest example of slapdash messaging from the Trump administration. Disarray and defeats mark post-election period as Trump struggles to govern and fails to change vote results 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The screenplay has a slapdash quality about it and the direction only rises above perfunctory for the conclusion, a mad monster brawl with some arresting moments. A monster movie mash: Looking back at ‘Dracula,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and other films of the ’30s and ’40s 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “The irony is that this slapdash hearing targets the Affordable Care Act,” he said. Takeaways: Coronavirus at center of Supreme Court hearings 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Arsenal do have the players to hurt a Liverpool defence that has been a bit slapdash in recent months. Liverpool v Arsenal: Premier League – live! 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s now clear that the laws written this June addressing those powers were slapdash efforts. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z “The slapdash nature of the department’s rule was vividly demonstrated by Judge Woods’s scathing opinion.” Franchise Workers Win Victory Over U.S. Effort to Curb Lawsuits 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z One thing the new garden is not, said McDowell, is slapdash. ‘Keep plants out of politics": A gardening historian on why Melania Trump's Rose Garden is just that 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z This time, one assumes the government will adhere to established procedures as it abolishes the program; it was the slapdash failure to follow rules that resulted in its losses in court. Opinion | Trump didn’t like rulings on DACA. So he’s defying them. 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z As the apartheid regime fell apart, the work on the album, once detailed and precise, became “more and more slapdash”. 'A hell of a lot of hurt': writers confront South Africa's apartheid past 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z A true reading of the album reveals that it is pretty slapdash, has no real purpose or form, is melodically weak and derivative, and lyrically shallow. 'A billboard with 50 years of layers': readers on Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z “I thought that they might have practised execution too. Instead, they’re worse than ever. Brighton kicked two corners out of play! Imagine rugby players being as slapdash about penalties and conversions.” Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United: Premier League – live! 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z To be frank, that’s kind of the slapdash approach to this bill. Reporter's Notebook: Battle over House Dems' coronavirus aid bill sends these messages 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z I, for my part, never expected the Trump administration to meet this crisis without the slapdash chaos that marks most everything else it does. What Are We Watching in the White House’s Coronavirus Briefings? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Thursday night was a little slapdash, a little stuck in the middle, unsure what tone to take and when. The NFL's virtual draft was dry, boring and everything we needed right now 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z And while there may very well be a time for slapdash tactics in the course of weaponized encounters on the physical battlefield, this is never how one should endeavor to practice medicine. Military Metaphors Distort the Reality of COVID-19 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z That comity was on display Monday in an appearance that at times resembled a slapdash buddy skit, with levity that offered a brief respite from the seriousness of a national health crisis. Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden for President 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The modern game looks defensively slapdash, even a little carefree by comparison. World Cup questions: Why didn’t the great Dutch teams of the 1990s win it? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z There’s fear that implementing a new regimen now would be slapdash at best -- and could be the second coming of the app used for the Iowa Democratic Caucus. Reporter's Notebook: Congress' potential challenges with virtual voting amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z And here California’s burden will be more difficult because, for totally understandable reasons, the governor’s order was hastily drafted, and its slapdash quality shows. Column: Here's what's wrong with Gov. Newsom's stay-at-home order: It's a legal mess 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Richardson-Merrell’s slapdash clinical trial and the flawed investigation by the F.D.A. most likely mean the drug’s true toll will never be known. The Unseen Survivors of Thalidomide Want to Be Heard 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z A "slapdash gathering of energy, youth, hope," the critic Irving Howe later wrote, The Masses was "the rallying center... for almost everything that was then alive and irreverent in American culture." When "fake news" was banned: an America Trump might have loved 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z To be sure, many of Sanders’s policies are sloppy and slapdash. Opinion | A socialist is likely to win the 2020 election. No, not Bernie Sanders. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The delay by the Japanese government, along with slapdash and ineffective containment measures during the two-week isolation period, would help turn the Diamond Princess into a floating epidemiological disaster. ‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Look outside the postcard, though, and there’s a picture of urban dystopia after decades of slapdash sprawl and government neglect. Rio residents try to bring green to a concrete jungle 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z They were downright slapdash in the 11th minute when Wolves outwitted them with a short corner. Roberto Firmino’s late winner keeps Liverpool’s freakish run going at Wolves 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z To Republicans, the latest claims and disclosures are evidence that House Democrats put together a slapdash investigation that was not thorough enough before they rushed to an ultimately partisan vote on the House floor. For the Senators Who Will Judge Trump, an Incomplete Story to Consider 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The haphazard delivery naturally makes the whole performance feel slapdash, but Downey’s voice has also been mixed in a way that feels artificial, like we’re watching a poorly dubbed version of a foreign-language film.” Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Dolittle' isn't as bad as 'Cats,' but it's close, the reviews say 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Now McConnell’s not so sure, saying it’s not the Senate’s job to bolster a House impeachment case he considers “slapdash.” Impeachment then and now, as Senate steeped in partisanship 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The excitement about what amounts to a slapdash, stopgap transit system captures how Tel Aviv is at once Israel’s most modern city and also strangely backward. Defying the Rabbis, Tel Aviv Rolls Out Sabbath Bus Service 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Time was, accessory dwelling units in California were often just slapdash drywall jobs, turning drafty garages into passable but unpermitted guesthouses and granny flats. Granny flats and converted garages are going upscale 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Finally, half of the gifts were wrapped neatly, while the rest looked slapdash. The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z You could probably plot their rugged, slapdash production and fiendishly clever, free-ranging flow in a line with Wu-Tang Clan or MF Doom, but you’d rarely hear those artists be as confessional as Odd Future’s members. Heartache in golf shoes: how Odd Future brought fresh energy to rap 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z If you go back to 1941 and the film of the novel How Green was My Valley, the accents are slapdash to say the least. Is Robert Downey Jr's Dr Dolittle character Welsh? 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z This slapdash, cash-grab sequel is not nostalgic, but in a word, taxing. Review: Will 'Zombieland: Double Tap' be the nail in the coffin of the undead genre? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But momentous though the issue might be, the securing of Islamic State prisoners has taken on a slapdash air amid the current incursion. Notorious Islamic State 'Beatles' in U.S. custody, but can 11,000 other detainees be held securely? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He brought more children and verve and merriment to the yellow house, fixing it with slapdash, good-enough husbandry and filling it with parties and music and laughter. Review | A New Orleans family history: Big promises, dashed hopes and rising water 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Where Kessler’s work is objective and researched, this will be arbitrary and slapdash — like Trump’s policies. Opinion | Let’s ‘gut check’ all of Trump’s vulgar, unpresidential statements 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Legislation created in a slapdash way almost always leads to unintended consequences - and certainly did in this instance. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z This is the place where a slapdash, value-free approach to governing was bound to lead us. Opinion | The steep price of Trump’s incoherent nihilism 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z After an apathetic response to Radical Heights, a slapdash attempt at turning battle royale into a 1980s action game show, the studio Boss Key Productions shut down altogether. Fortnite Drew Imitators to Survival Games. Who Will Be the Last One Standing? 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z He must have, at best, a slapdash command of facts. Opinion | Devastating news for America’s intelligence 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Its appearance in a judge’s opinion in a Trump-related case signals that an administration effort to overturn an Obama-era rule or policy is too lazy, incompetent or slapdash to stand. Column: Trump cabinet sabotages its own policies through laziness, incompetence or both 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z That summary was pretty much open confirmation of the White House’s slapdash social media system. In social media summit, Trump praises loyal meme makers 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z England fans now uneasily familiar with the 20-minute spells of slapdash defending which Neville’s side largely got away with in France think this is an area which requires addressing with some urgency. Lucy Bronze: Phil Neville is ‘not the best coach’ but made England better 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The daily menu is something of an art work itself, with a mysterious slapdash humor. A Tel Aviv Restaurant Brings Bacchanalia and Technique to Hell’s Kitchen 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Related Google Pixel Slate review: slapdash The Pixel Slate received largely mediocre reviews when it went on sale last year. Google says it’s done making tablets and cancels two unreleased products 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z He was slapdash and constantly late, and awaited a great future. The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The algorithms that power this technology are prone to bias, and are often used by law enforcement in a slapdash manner. Facial recognition smart glasses could make public surveillance discreet and ubiquitous 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z I don’t like the style, and the plots are slapdash. James Ellroy: ‘I’ve been canonised. And that’s a gas’ 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Did he see someone gulping a mint julep of slapdash crafting? Analysis | Jockey Luis Saez’s suspension adds another chapter to never-ending Kentucky Derby story 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z But the film’s central romance is badly underwritten, and its slapdash, joke-driven worldbuilding pokes holes in a plot that was fantastical to start with. Yesterday imagines a world without the Beatles 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z But I worry that this slapdash display might scare Coachella back into its comfort zone. Review: Ariana Grande at Coachella was not the pop star we needed 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The method, neither throat-clearingly serious nor completely silly or slapdash, could be described as carefully relaxed. Review: ‘The White Album,’ Joan Didion and the seismic shifts of California in the ’60s 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Would she be this slapdash with my hair? Beware the shag – why the popular style caused me years of hair trauma 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Not long ago, there was a sense that Mr. Trump, operating in a slapdash manner and desperate for any form of “win,” would capitulate on the thorniest issues, including technology transfers and intellectual property protections. Trump trade war slows China economy growth 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Though they went up fast, Deutsch’s cinemas were by no means slapdash. Closing credits: the battle to save 1930s Odeon cinemas – photo essay 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z It was easy to interpret the statement as a pretentious defense against those people who saw his designs as slapdash. Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z They had neither Wednesday, trading in crisp cohesion for frantic energy that caused the Hoyas to rush their shots and make slapdash passes that became turnovers. Needing a win, Georgetown lays an egg in blowout at DePaul 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But it now ought to be clear that the president’s shallow and slapdash attempts at dealmaking are not going to succeed. Opinion | The Hanoi summit failure exposes Trump’s weak diplomacy 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Privately, they may be horrified by Ocasio-Cortez’s slapdash approach to policy; angry about her intraparty aggression; disgusted by blatant and juvenile falsehoods. Opinion | Democrats are learning to copy Trump. Uh-oh. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z A slapdash propagation space is almost guaranteed to result in stressed crops and a stressed gardener. 8 steps for establishing a successful home nursery for veggie transplants 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It is just as I remembered it: wild, unclean, slapdash, hyperstylized. How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved From ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z I’m more slapdash, perhaps more reliant on instinct. 'If she says 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Valentine’s Day is on February 14th, and if you plan on buying gifts, it’s best to get started now rather than resorting to a last-minute, slapdash effort. A few gift ideas for the discerning valentine 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Even this approach, Johnson writes, is slapdash and dependent upon intuition. The Art of Decision-Making 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In every place where the iPad is restricted but elegant, the Pixel Slate is open but slapdash. Google Pixel Slate review: slapdash software ruins good hardware 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z That leaves the team with a slapdash collection of players. J.R. Smith and the Cleveland Cavaliers Will Keep Their Distance 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Each episode is named for a food-related subject—Josh is a passionate if slapdash home chef, raising chickens in his back yard. The Home-Cooked Pleasures of “Please Like Me” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z This is no slapdash piece of legislation put together to satisfy good-government cravings in the city. Opinion | D.C. politics is a tangled web of money and power. Enough is enough. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z From his stirring art-film debut, “George Washington,” to slapdash comedies like “The Sitter,” Green has enjoyed one of the strangest careers ever to straddle the Hollywood/indie divide. Review: A nasty, nimble ‘Halloween’ sequel finds this horror franchise in pretty good shape - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Having often been critical of the frequently formulaic filmmaking of Marvel movies, it would be disingenuous of me to not appreciate the more freewheeling and slapdash jumble of “Venom.” Review: ‘Venom,’ with Tom Hardy, is a manic muddle 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Last year, shortly after being diagnosed with brain cancer, he cast the deciding vote against Trump’s slapdash attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Opinion | Want to honor McCain, GOP? Grow a spine. 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In other words, Pompeo is already being accused of running the State Department's personnel matters in a way that looks slapdash at best, and at worst is brazenly partisan. Is the State Department punishing families with special-needs children? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Oddly sexless Sex-era single, not helped by awkward synthesised sighs, and a slapdash direction to “put your hands all over my body”. Every one of Madonna's 78 singles â ranked! 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z JCIII, as he’s known, had no political experience and a slapdash campaign operation. Race for John Conyers Jr.’s House seat simmers with anger over treatment of him and of Detroit 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z As the use of Twitter suggests, one of the puzzling aspects of this case is the seemingly slapdash tradecraft compared to Russian intelligence’s usual standards. Why Russian spies really like American universities 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z But the problem isn't the lotion, it's our slapdash application of it, King's College London scientists say. Why suntan lotions don't work for most 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Perhaps unsurprisingly, that slapdash organization meant that TanaCon was falling apart from the jump. YouTuber’s anti-VidCon convention TanaCon was such a disaster that fans are comparing it to Fyre Fest 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Different agencies within the administration were under the impression that the president’s executive order meant different things and the “slapdash nature of the effort” only intensified the chaos. 'Ready, fire, aim': On immigration, Trump admin gripped by confusion 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z English survives and prospers because most of its users are neither style sticklers nor utterly slapdash. Most stockmarket returns come from a tiny fraction of shares 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The slapdash nature of the effort was apparent when the White House released an initial version of the executive order that misspelled the word “separation.” Trump signs order ending his policy of separating families at the border, but reprieve may be temporary 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Critics called it an eyesore, a slapdash solution bordering on the absurd. If You’re Afraid of Heights but Going to the World Cup, Don’t Sit Here 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The tale takes a series of predictable turns leading to some overly speedy and slapdash plotting, as well as a dubious and heavy-handed use of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Serviceable mystery 'Intersection' follows trite path 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Two weeks ago, the NFL tried to pacify President Trump by instituting a slapdash new national anthem policy. Perspective | NFL owners tried to make Trump happy. Instead, they signed up for more bullying. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z People seem to presume that, if they use any kind of sun cream, in any old slapdash way, they’re protected, when, sadly, they’re not. Germaine, your shock-jock musings just alienate today’s young feminists | Barbara Ellen 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The slapdash amateurism of the negotiation process is another. Threatened by Italy and Brexit, the EU must turn the tide | Martin Kettle 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Back when he was mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom made a decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — just a month into his term — that was at once slapdash and choreographed. Essential California: Fears of a deadlier opioid threat It also helps that anyone with the most slapdash editing skills can give it a go, even me. Is this a pigeon? The story behind the internet's new favorite meme 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “This Trump administration has done the worst job of vetting nominees than any administration I can remember. It seems a slapdash process,” Mr. Schumer said. Chuck Schumer blames nominee obstruction on poor choices by Trump 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The numbers that resulted are slapdash and incomplete; in the case of Gibson and Leonard, the statistics obscure the truth as much as tell it. Baseball’s Unappreciated Power Duo 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The delivery was arranged in slapdash fashion, however. Wanted for murder for decades, two ex-Chilean guerrillas hid in a Mexican town. Then their double lives began to unravel 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Still, cautioned the group’s executive director Susan Lerner, “The issues are really, really complex. I hope they don’t slapdash it.” Want to talk about the state’s money? Budget plenty of time 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z One of the biggest beneficiaries of the massive, slapdash tax bill that President Trump and Republican lawmakers celebrated at the White House on Wednesday will be, wait for it . Opinion | A sweetheart tax deal — for the Trumps 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z They said the procedural issue exemplifies what they describe as a slapdash, partisan process from Republicans to ram the bill through before Americans have a chance to understand it. House passes $1.5 trillion tax bill — again 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It is smart and brave of those educators to challenge the standard American A-to-F slapdash assessments and commit to subject mastery for each student. Perspective | No more A’s, B’s or C’s? That’s what some private schools are talking about. 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Democrats have cast the plan as a giveaway to the wealthy and a slapdash attempt by Republicans to show voters next year that they haven’t totally squandered their full control of Washington. Marco Rubio, Bob Corker swing tax reform confidence in Senate 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s not a slapdash port, and it was evidently designed from the ground up for VR. Fallout, Doom, and Skyrim show the limits of blockbuster games in VR 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z But after spending months talking up their latest efforts, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus finally released slapdash projects — “Witness” and “Younger Now,” respectively — that bore little evidence of any organized thought process. Mikael Wood's top 10 albums of 2017 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z They are a pretty healthy four points clear of the drop now – making it seven should erase memories of a slapdash start to the campaign. Bournemouth v Southampton: Premier League – live! 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z That first season it was such a low-budget slapdash operation, we had no idea that here we would be in 2017 talking about this iconic, amazing television show. 'Curb Your Enthusiam' star Susie Essman on swearing at strangers and working with Larry David 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Everton were slapdash in possession, shirked countless challenges and most passes were aimless. Everton show zero fight or direction in 4-1 rout at Southampton 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Republicans wasted no time in characterizing the bureau's rule as a slapdash measure imposed by a rogue agency. Consumer advocates will converge on Congress, but don't expect GOP to see the light – LA Times 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The film struck a nerve, not just with its canny specificity, but with its slapdash, wild gestures at something that feels true about life online. The social media horror films of 2017 are secretly coming-of-age stories 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Yet after years of regulatory due diligence, conservatives promptly attacked the decision as a slapdash move by an out-of-control federal agency. By a single vote, Republicans throw out years of work on consumer protection 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The new ban is, in Judge Watson’s eyes, rather slapdash in its execution, even “absurd”, despite an ostensibly improved rubric for picking which countries to pick on. Donald Trump’s latest travel ban is blocked by two federal judges 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Here, there’s something too slapdash in the execution to be fully satisfying. Drama swirls around immigrant family in Salman Rushdie’s ‘Golden House’ 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z They lamented the loss of wardrobes and teased each other about slapdash post-quake ensembles. Mexico quake hit hard at center of Zapotec ‘muxe’ culture 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z That depends on one’s moral standards, Semsrott said, pointing to problems lurking below the surface, from short-term labor contracts to slapdash efforts to stem the refugee flow. This German political party is a complete joke — literally 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The eclipse meme Trump retweeted echoed a more slapdash entry from his opponents, with a smiling Obama moving in front of a snarling Trump and text that read, "The only eclipse we really wanna see." Trump Retweets Eclipse Meme, But He May Not Understand the Science 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But cells seem to prefer the slapdash method. Researchers get better at tweaking the genomes of human embryos 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z As Thursday night slid toward Friday morning, a group of Republicans, including Mr. McCain, demanded assurances from Mr. Ryan that the House would not simply pass the slapdash legislation that many viewed as a placeholder. Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The Seattle Times reported Monday that education advocates remain worried that a slapdash McCleary deal won’t go far enough to help Washington’s students. McCleary roundup: Inslee pressures lawmakers as budget talks near the brink — again 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Eventually, someone told me that, in my slapdash Mandarin, heavily accented by Cantonese, the word for “wine” sounded like “leave”. Buddhist folk and pyrotechnics: Emmy the Great on a musical sojourn in China 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It would be foolish to proceed with the slapdash proposal now in the pipeline. Alabama editorial roundup 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Yet it was Palace who were the more ruthless, especially with Hull so slapdash at set-pieces. Hull City relegated from Premier League after thrashing at Crystal Palace 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z The executive order was perpetrated in a helter-skelter, harum-scarum, slapdash manner five days after the inauguration, before the administration was humming like a well-tuned Lamborghini. Opinion | Trump’s violations of federalism would make Obama jealous 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Everyone who knows how the DOJ works says that slapdash document is highly unusual. Why did Trump fire Comey? It’s a frantic effort to sidetrack us — and it won’t work 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z What few details their slapdash one-pager did contain suggest that it would dramatically decrease taxes on those who are best able to afford them — necessitating trillions of dollars in new federal borrowing. Opinion | The Trump team’s slapdash tax plan distracts from better ideas 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Whether with big-ticket items such as the original travel ban or fairly trivial matters, like misspelling Theresa May's name in a White House memo handed to reporters, it has often shown itself to be slapdash. 100 days: America in a time of Trump - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It is fair to criticize Mr. Leon’s slapdash stance, which he is now reviewing. Opinion | Larry Hogan takes the wrong track in attacking a federal judge 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Best instance: “The Carpenter Stops to Sing,” a blurry white open-mouthed figure inhabiting aesthetic terrain that makes the seemingly slapdash look like cunning minimalism. 3 don’t-miss art exhibitions around Seattle, March edition 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Yet despite all this commendable effort and despite their relative success in reducing City to scrappiness, Sunderland were far too slapdash, consistently forfeiting possession much too cheaply. David Silva runs the show as Manchester City waltz past Sunderland– 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z A disorganized, slapdash and careless approach to policymaking that turns chaos into an achievement rather than a problem should horrify Americans regardless of whom they normally vote for. Opinion | The issues all Trump foes can agree on 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z If you believe, as Robert Bork did, that this amendment is a meaningless “inkblot,” you must believe that the framers were slapdash draftsmen about this, and only this, provision. Opinion | Gorsuch’s chance to correct Scalia on the Constitution 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z But, by forgoing it, the administration circumvented an important internal check on executive power, while creating the impression that it is making critical national policy in slapdash fashion. Trump’s Immigration Order Tests Limits of Law and Executive Power 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Gill Holland, who founded the Portland Investment Initiative and bought the circa-1880 building nearly 10 years ago, recently suggested it be painted after he noticed the slapdash graffiti marring its walls. Painting murals could curtail area graffiti in Louisville 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z More likely it reveals Mr Trump’s slapdash approach to policy, and promises bureaucratic chaos those adversaries will be delighted to exploit. Europe gets ready for Donald Trump 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z That is not always going to be true, and it is alarming that Trump doesn’t seem ready to deal with threats more serious than allegations in slapdash dossiers. Donald Trump’s Dossier-Dominated Press Conference 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Not for the first time, Sunderland paid the price for slapdash defending with their protestations Mané had been in an offside position irrelevant as Djilobodji’s intervention played him onside. Liverpool drop two points as Jermain Defoe strikes twice from the spot 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Instead, when Mr. Trump took the stage exactly 30 minutes after midnight for his final rally as a candidate, his 34-minute speech felt like an afterthought, the slapdash add-on that it was. Donald Trump Soaks in the Adulation in Improvised Final Stop 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The Minuteman Project, which urged concerned — and armed — citizens to join slapdash border patrols, had a beachhead in the district. California’s Darrell Issa, in a once-safe Republican seat, finds himself on the ropes 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z “A record like this can’t be made easily. It wasn’t slapdash. We slept on it and came back a month or two later,” he said of the three-year process. Nashville music festival defines 'Americana': the art, not the business 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But, slapdash or not, the timing of the attempted bombing spree guaranteed that it would become a topic in the Presidential campaign. The Arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The concern, Suarez says, comes when Trump's boorishness, bullying and slapdash policy pronouncements "cross the line from bold to wild, unpredictable." Shifting Cuban voters could be the difference in Florida 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z By way of variation his third goal was a wonderfully assured left-foot shot, aided and abetted by some astonishingly slapdash home defending. Romelu Lukaku scores 11-minute hat-trick in Everton win at Sunderland 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z For the second summer in succession, there was a rather slapdash feel to much of Chelsea’s business. Premier League 2016 summer transfer window: club-by-club verdicts 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z After Athens, USA Basketball dropped its slapdash method of assembling Olympic teams, and canvassed for players who’d stick around for multiple Olympics and world championships. U.S. Men's Basketball Team Wins Gold at Rio Olympics 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton is as professional as Mr Trump is slapdash. Family values 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z “I don’t think he would interfere in such an improvisational way. It’s too slapdash. It’s an improvisation that involves exposing your own methods, your technology.” Is Vladimir Putin Taking Sides in the Presidential Election? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z A musical interlude is usually a dependable pick-me-up, but the one in “Ice Age” — set to Figaro’s aria from “The Barber of Seville” — feels slapdash. ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: It’s time for this franchise to become extinct 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z After looking at the survey and Congressional Monitor’s website, Bowers said the production value and questions were too slapdash for a serious effort at influencing people’s thinking – what’s known in political marketing as “push polling.” Think twice before filling out Congressional Monitor survey 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The fact that Virginia’s list of newly eligible voters was prepared in haste and that it contained errors — including murderers still behind bars — is evidence of incompetence and slapdash execution. Scaremongering over voting rights restoration in Virginia 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z You’ve seen this cheery, slapdash blend of raunch, cocktails and summer dresses before. ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ — and a new script 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z From the mainstream’s perspective, there was a profound otherness to these outsiders, with their strange accents and manners and slapdash production values. Letter of Recommendation: Pen & Pixel 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z It seemed a little bit slapdash, a little bit scattergun. Euro 2016: England lack mental strength - Gary Lineker 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Collaborative and confrontational, sincere while also making everything available for a mischievous joke, the Daniels duo may be a model for post-millennial auteurism, in control with a deceptively slapdash sense of precision. Meet the Daniels, out-there directors of Daniel Radcliffe-Paul Dano buddy-corpse movie 'Swiss Army Man' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The revelation is especially unwelcome for Mrs Clinton—because it also recalls her own slapdash cyber-security regime. The Donald’s dirty linen 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The most junior member is tasked with arranging the gathering, which hardly sound like slapdash affairs. The Supreme Court’s secret to civility? Lots of good food and wine. 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z By the time the rambling, bullet-riddled endgame arrives, it's clear that this slapdash star vehicle is, with apologies to Dashiell Hammett, very far from the stuff that dreams are made of. Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling enliven Shane Black's retro-noir comedy 'The Nice Guys' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A campaign is under way to restore the club’s anthem, On The Ball City, to its original form lest the uniqueness of the track be blurred by rash or slapdash singing. The Joy of Six: football chants 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Critics say it has exposed his small and slapdash organisation. Donald Trump secures much-needed primary win in New York 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Suitably reprieved, Newcastle appeared to begin waking up to the reality that City were a rather strange amalgam of the sublime and the slapdash. Newcastle’s Vurnon Anita snatches brave point from Manchester City 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s raw in the extreme, slapdash at times. While Miami waits for MLS to arrive, city's newest team make its move 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Thompson and Jones zip through the set in less than 26 minutes, but this is no slapdash effort. Review: Beautiful harmonies from Teddy Thompson, Kelly Jones 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z He warned them to avoid the ephemeral blandishments of the digital age — “slapdash” Twitter posts that disappear from iPhone screens within seconds — in favor of in-depth coverage of the issues. Obama Urges Journalists to Cover the Substance of the Campaign 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Of Sartre, she notes his self-indulgence, slapdash writing, serial seductions and cavalier attitude toward fractured friendships. ‘At the Existentialist Cafe’: Hanging out with Sartre, Camus, de Beauvoir and more 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z It is possible, though unlikely, that the Democratic front-runner could yet be indicted by the FBI over her allegedly slapdash handling of classified information while secretary of state. Goodbye, Rubio Tuesday 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The Cruz roadshow had a slapdash feel, recycling video endorsements from Iowa, one of which ended with: “People of Iowa, it is time to believe again.” In Nevada caucuses, Trump gets a third straight win 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The Deanna saga was just kinda… there, and much of Rick and Daryl’s slapdash supplies run felt like a hurried way to introduce a new character. The Walking Dead Quitter’s Club season 6, episode 10: The Next World 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Whereas most paper folders are meticulous about lining up the edges, fourth-grade Dylan tended to be more slapdash, and his figures were sometimes sloppy. 'Dylan had killed children in cold blood': life after the Columbine massacre 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Polls pegged Trump as the winner in Iowa too, but his slapdash get-out-the-vote effort was swamped by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s sophisticated field operation. Donald Trump Plays Catch-Up on Ground Game 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z There was still more than half an hour to play and, with both both teams looking capable of offensive flourishes and slapdash defending, more goals looked likely. Adam Lallana secures three points for Liverpool with last-gasp winner at Norwich City 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The comparison between Obama’s wary analysis and the often slapdash, half-baked proposals of GOP candidates at the debate was striking. In fighting the Islamic State, Obama is a tortoise and the GOP is harebrained 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Ozil lifts it into the area and the height on the delivery tempts Guzan into a slapdash run off his line. Aston Villa v Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Given how slapdash this term has been, that alone was cause for delight. Chelsea overcome nerves to top group and move into last 16 at Porto’s expense 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Add to that high infant mortality rates, a dearth of university graduates, unemployment that tops 30% and slapdash infrastructure. Kiribati's climate change Catch-22 - BBC News 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Walker’s allies speculated that the campaign distracted him from the 2015 budget, which was noticeably slapdash. Scott Walker is a diminished figure — except in the state he governs 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z “This wasn’t a slapdash on a Post-it note last night,” Cruz said. Senate approves two-year bipartisan budget agreement 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Ozil lifts it into the area and the height on the delivery tempts Guzan into a slapdash run off his line. Aston Villa v Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z “We put the list together by calling contacts and friends all over the world and eliciting recommendations, then added in our own suggestions, and ordered it in a rather slapdash manner,” Maillard recalled. Ranking the World’s Best Restaurants 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z These problems feel slapdash and entirely unearned, and Casey unfairly takes the brunt of the blame. 'Breaking Through' is a dance movie without good dancing 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But beyond a few nice closing emotional beats, the whole enterprise plays too desperate and slapdash to whip up the goodwill required to sell such thin, far-fetched material. Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer can't save far-fetched 'Addicted to Fresno' 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The slapdash nature of the happy ending after so much gloom also feels overly forced. Review: New ‘Spring Awakening’ opens its arms to all 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Adding to the slapdash nature of the promotion, some of the fighters on the card said they were asked only a week or two ago to participate, an unusual occurrence in boxing. Shane Mosley v Ricardo Mayorga II: boxing at its tragicomic best – or worst 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z After a mix-up with our order, a warm bacon salad — wilted greens, green apple, spiced pecans, very fatty bacon and very sweet maple vinaigrette — arrived late, looking slapdash. A Review of Wolfert’s Roost Restaurant in Irvington 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Win or lose, he is too intelligent to join her in proposing slapdash constitutional vandalism. The two issues that would bedevil Lindsey Graham’s campaign 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z It is also a redemptive response to the naysayers who were critical of the project from the start, accusing organizers of slapdash planning and ineptitude. Milan Pins Hopes on World Expo After Graft Scandal 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Improvisation creates spontaneous magic, but by definition it’s slapdash and unrefined. The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z None of the many other states that later adopted lethal injection as their method of execution made up for the slapdash way that Oklahoma developed the procedure by doing studies of their own. The Supreme Court and The Death Penalty 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z During the “Bone Wars” of the late 19th century, paleontologists Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh marauded through the American West bitterly competing for dinosaur fossils, which led to some rapid and slapdash descriptions. Bully for Brontosaurus! 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z He led me to the slapdash dormitory he shares with men who come and go. Separated From Brother, Left to Toil Far From Home 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z The trouble is that Mr. Hogan’s ideas about spending cuts are slapdash. Anthony Brown for governor of Maryland Maybe everything I write is this slapdash but usually it takes me all day. Software that helps you write faster? What could possibly go wrong… 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Nothing is more simplistic than the now rote use by politicians and pundits of the cartoonish label “bad guys” for jihadists, as if American foreign policy is a slapdash script for a cowboy movie. Camille Paglia: The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z It was to be a mere stay of execution as when, of all people, Tioté came over all slapdash and conceded possession the impressive Diamé took full advantage. Newcastle grab draw with Hull as Papiss Cissé reprieves Alan Pardew 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z That slapdash remark fits a pattern in Mr. Hogan’s campaign. Larry Hogan wings it on the campaign trail — again Still, Joe Girardi's Yankees and their slapdash rotation plow on, and on Monday they made a move to acquire a third baseman to bolster their ailing offense. Rays, Jays and Yankees close on Orioles in thrilling AL East race 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z She added: "It is time to put an end to the common belief that Scott was sloppy and slapdash as many of these errors are now recognised as resulting from the printing process." Scott's work 'should be recognised' 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z In his misfiring Europe policy, his underpowered staff and his periodic bungling of party management, the prime minister is so wilfully slapdash as to suggest a lack of regard for his own high office. Andy Coulson’s malign legacy 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Given past form it is much more likely to be slow, slapdash and perilous. Stuffed again 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z He is not, though, the first writer of a best-selling business book to be accused of slapdash scholarship. The Innovator's New Clothes: Is Disruption a Failed Model? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The war left eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists now occupy a dozen towns and cities, a ravaged canvas on which the Soviets built slapdash housing and factories that still blight the landscape. In Lviv, Ukraine, the nation's east-west divide is on display 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr Obama also said the US "will completely reject" the results of Crimea's referendum, saying it had been put together in a "slapdash" way. Obama pledges to 'support Ukraine' 2014-03-12T21:53:38Z The result, either way, is an elegant, beautifully integrated Irish coffee to put to shame the slapdash drink served in most pubs. Good Irish Coffee Starts With the Cow 2014-03-11T17:18:05Z When she corresponded with him by email, it was “sloppy” and “slapdash,” she says. More Details On Newsweek Journalist's Interview With Alleged Bitcoin Creator 2014-03-07T20:06:00Z Your siblings may simply be unaware that the current slapdash process will likely lead to trouble. Ask an Expert: Negotiating Conflicts, Part 5: A Tug of Wills 2014-01-22T11:55:00Z It’s art that could be easily mistaken for a slapdash job. Lady Gaga's $25 Million Art Machine Can't Buy a Real Hit 2013-11-19T10:50:33Z He proceeded to spend 10 minutes on an iPhone in a slapdash attempt to register for an additional class before the tryout began. They Might Walk On, but They’ll Undoubtedly Sit 2013-08-29T17:02:02Z He sold women’s vests at a flea market, and started a slapdash painting business with a high school buddy, Terry Scannell. Restaurants Were His Life 2013-08-23T22:47:25Z But critics like State Senator Brad Hoylman contend the situation at Lever House is an example of “the slapdash nature of the proposal.” Office Tower’s Owners May Profit From Plan to Allow Sale of Landmarks’ Air Rights 2013-08-02T01:44:26Z Nothing is as slapdash as it first seems. Hungry City: Los Perros Locos on the Lower East Side 2013-06-06T18:10:41Z Anderson revealed he hadn't been very good at his job – "I was too lazy to do research and too slapdash to do analysis". Rewind radio: Open Air; Inside the Bonus Culture – review 2013-03-30T22:50:01Z "I’m feeling good," Rose said after the Bulls embarrassed themselves against a slapdash Celtics team. Wait till next year best for Rose, Bulls 2013-02-14T15:39:00Z Alderson’s actions in three off-seasons in Flushing reflect a careful, consistent approach to building; no slapdash moves to grab headlines. On Baseball: Mets’ Sandy Alderson Sticks to Disciplined Approach 2013-02-05T03:36:57Z His vacuum stroke, once you’ve the hit the floor, is careful, not at all slapdash. Creating the Ultimate Housework Workout 2012-12-26T23:56:03Z While they would make for expensive and strange geographic bedfellows, that path would still be preferable than riding along with a second-rate football league and a truly slapdash basketball operation. On Basketball: Returning Home By Leaving Big East 2012-12-14T02:58:10Z Photograph: Gian Paul Lozza for the Guardian Prodigiously gifted, he is often described as a genius, but he has the autodidact's tendency to come across as simultaneously credulous and a bit slapdash. Julian Assange: the fugitive 2012-12-07T22:58:00Z USA Boxing opted to uproot its personnel in the weeks leading to the Olympics, which means the slapdash operation hit London with no semblance of stability. U.S. boxing’s Olympics drought continues at London 2012 Games 2012-08-01T23:44:00Z Russia paid dearly for slapdash play in the two minutes of added time in the first half. Greece 1-0 Russia 2012-06-16T20:55:37Z Also, for a place called Plates, the plating of these last two entrees struck me as slapdash. | Larchmont: A Review of Plates, in Larchmont 2012-02-25T05:20:05Z And yet most of the movies themselves are awful, marred by slapdash production, melodramatic acting and ludicrous plots. The Making of Nigeria?s Film Industry 2012-02-23T22:43:02Z It is easy in a slapdash manner to lavish sarcasms on a King who presented many tempting opportunities for satire. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z For months, they were the best of neighbors: the slapdash champions of economic equality, putting down stakes in an outdoor plaza, and the venerable Episcopal parish next door, whose munificence helped sustain the growing protest. Church That Aided Wall St. Protesters Is Now Their Target 2011-12-17T03:21:32Z This is no slapdash tribute to a forgotten art form. Loyal Pooch Consoles Silent-Film Star as Talkies Triumph: Film 2011-11-25T08:18:01Z Above the penciled scribble was neither date nor heading, but the signature in Christina's slapdash scrawl made the world spin before Herrick's eyes. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z But China’s health system, though improving, is still shoddy by rich-world standards and slapdash about protecting patients’ privacy. Foreign business in China: The coming squeeze? 2011-09-22T09:33:00Z Yet slapdash defending, not sharp skill, brought the breakthrough. Wigan Athletic 1-1 Norwich City 2011-08-13T16:33:10Z Debate raged during the tea interval about whether this was really "cricket" on the part of the Indians, or whether Ian Bell, the player concerned, had been slapdash and got what he deserved. Why would a blind man love cricket? For its sounds, its scores, its slowness 2011-08-05T21:00:02Z Last time, the Obamas gave the queen an iPod, a gesture regarded as shockingly slapdash by a nation hypersensitive to even the slimmest suggestion that the so-called special relationship is perhaps not so special. Taking in Some London Sights, the Obamas Display Skill at Official Travel 2011-05-25T00:48:05Z Wolves had capitalised on some slapdash Newcastle defending but failed to make the most of a home lapse that concluded with Fletcher missing an absolute sitter. Newcastle United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2011-04-02T16:56:48Z Human beings are too complex to be labelled in this slapdash way, however amusing it may be on the stage. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z Her 2010 endorsements basically show how slapdash the effort will be. Sarah Palin chose football over campaigning for Christine O'Donnell 2010-11-17T17:30:00Z Then there are the slapdash affairs that lack working toilets, edible food or decent sound systems. Pierced Fans, Stiff Cadres and Hip Rock 2010-10-23T21:31:00Z The driving rules are unnecessarily draconian, and there is an uncomfortable feeling that the game is judging you for your slapdash driving skills. F1 2010 review 2010-09-20T13:31:00Z But Mr. Liu's plant features construction that looks slapdash by Western standards. New Glass Label: Made in China 2010-08-30T02:41:00Z But all that good work was squandered in 12 slapdash minutes. Leeds 32-28 St Helens 2010-08-07T17:27:00Z Back in the slapdash days of easy credit, lenders were more likely to overlook the fact that a parent was out on maternity or paternity leave. Seeking a Mortgage? Don?t Get Pregnant 2010-07-20T01:31:00Z The book is slapdash enough that multiple characters are introduced and quickly forgotten for no apparent reason, but maybe Beck will write another book in which their creation will be justified! Glenn Beck's "The Overton Window": The Good Review 2010-06-15T20:16:00Z But they also documented how the officials thought the events were a kind of ''slapdash comedy.'' Secret Papers Show Ballerina's Role in Panama Coup 2010-05-27T23:19:00Z A goal in the ninth minute from the former Manchester United attacker Forlan arose from slackness in defence and the scorer maintained the slapdash tone in the way he converted it. Atl?tico Madrid 1-0 Liverpool 2010-04-22T20:59:00Z Having made 3D not only bankable but "respectable", the director is now railing against studios for forcing film-makers to go stereo and, worse still, for retro-fitting 2D movies into 3D via a "slapdash conversion" process. No, your eyes aren't deceiving you ? 3D really is a con 2010-04-10T23:06:00Z Although, in fairness, there was also some slapdash defending, particularly from Bordeaux, who for that reason find themselves going into tonight's tie two goals to the bad. Bordeaux v Lyon - live! 2010-04-07T17:55:00Z Efforts to build a post-Taliban police force have been plagued from the start by unrealistic goals, poor oversight, and slapdash hiring. Afghan Cops: A $6 Billion Fiasco 2010-03-20T02:14:00Z Foam is a pretty flimsy building material, yet frog nests are not slapdash affairs. 2010-02-02T05:19:00Z “I reckon you’re not used to this sort of slapdash eating, Miss?” suggested Captain Rugley, 190 with perfect gravity, as he saw Sue casting doubtful glances about the inner garden. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure There was no place here for the slapdash, smoking girl of the present day. The Dust Flower She must glance with swift inclusiveness at the more striking gowns, that later she may serve them up in the technical slapdash of the social column. Jewel Weed But you and I, Molly, are too slapdash. Marjorie's Busy Days Balzac wrote the stranger a slapdash of a letter, as he was always doing, and forgot the incident. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers She was tall for her age, and rather awkward in her manners, apt at present to be slapdash and independent, and decidedly lacking in "that repose which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere". The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story The slapdash, haphazard of hysterical excitement can have no legitimate place in a movement that provides stepping stones toward the salvation of the civilized world. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights We have not overcome this habit of slapdash comparative criticism, for only the other day a distinguished American inventor left Berlin with these words as his final message: “We have nothing to learn from Germany.” Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Everything masculine in him she loved or pardoned proudly—even his egotism, his slapdash self-confidence, his bullying of her, his domination, his exacting demands. The Danger Mark They hated those forms of execution which are merely smooth and prettyish, and those which, pretending to mastery, are nothing better than slovenly and slapdash, or what the P.R.B.'s called “sloshy.” The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Or can the excellent qualities of cold water be no otherwise exemplified than by plunging slapdash into hot water and woefully scalding yourselves and other people? Twice Told Tales It stands out in contrast to American slapdash, puerile-minded pretenses at dictionary treatises on cowboy life. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Mr. Venning was a dark young man, about thirty-two years of age, very slapdash and confident in his manner, although at this moment obviously a little excited. The Voyage Out The painting, though slapdash, was astonishingly clever; and in this, as in other panels, no trace of the artist's hurry appeared in the reposeful design. The Westcotes The slapdash insincerity of modern style entirely sets at nought the first principle of writing, which is accuracy. The Principles of Success in Literature Likewise, the slapdash epistolary style of the MS., which had a certain vividness of its own. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life His first hunger stilled, Purdy fell to giving a slapdash account of his experiences. Australia Felix I started though, just as she said, and got on all right, till about halfway, then cramp or something made me shut up and howl, and she came after me slapdash, and pulled me ashore. Rose in Bloom |
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