It was an offhand comment, one she had made many times.

Just made some offhand comment about women like her who usually slice a man a lot lower than this guy was sliced.

But in the current atmosphere, even an offhand comment was enough to drive the President off course.

His father would have been able to accomplish such a change with no more than an offhand comment.

He had heard the offhand comments the police made about her.

Parents' offhand comments like "I can't do anything with my hair!"

It's hard to write that off as an offhand comment.

Even his most offhand comment seems charged with hidden importance.

He was also encouraged by an offhand comment he'd heard from a judge a week ago.

In the title story, an offhand comment changes the course of a man's life.