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  • r  in a random manner
  • r  without having a choice

  • Abd-el-Krim was fighting, however, primarily for the independence of the Riff territory, but, willy-nilly, he was forced to fight for Islam.
  • Last week tens of thousands of Americans had German measles, and the vast majority had caught it willy-nilly without the fun of a party.
  • How can the health foods industry switch, willy-nilly and with such impunity, to other stimulants that also pose dangers to consumers? Why cant the FDA, especially with its .
News & Articles

  • Chamber wants to target Kansas City
    Marketing by the St. Joseph Metro Chamber in the greater Kansas City area has been kind of “willy-nilly” during the last two years, the chamber president says.
    June 14, 2013 - St. Joseph News-Press
  • Over the Moon About Junie Moon
    The scooters are parked in their places, not cast willy-nilly for us to fall over, and the mad search for one pink tennis shoe (and under-our-breath cuss words over car seats) has ceased.
    June 12, 2013 - The Missourian
Quotes

  • Lawrence Summers in USA Today
    He recognized that you can't just abrogate contracts willy-nilly, but he moved to do what could be done,Summers, Obama's chief economic adviser, told the Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.
  • Joyce Kennard in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    What I am picking up from the oral arguments is that this court should willy-nilly disregard the will of the people,said Kennard, who just 10 months ago voted that prohibiting same-sex marriages violated the civil rights of gays. "The...
  • Shami Chakrabarti in Scotland on Sunday
    Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti said: "The police should not have powers to run around questioning people willy-nilly. This looks like political machismo, a legacy moment. Stopping and questioning anyone you like will backfire because people will...

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