Word: heedless
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...fact, the South is at a generational turning point, torn between those who remember the hardship and the dangers of the past and young people who often seem heedless of the lessons of history. Many older South Koreans still distrust the chaotic uncertainties of democracy, with its attendant student riots and labor unrest. While they may be uncomfortable with the nation's continued dependence on U.S. troops, they remember all too clearly why the soldiers are there...
...eager to investigate debacles like Drexel's, it has shown little interest in enacting new laws to curb financial markets, even after the 1987 crash. The real lesson of the fall of the most money-mad firm of a money-mad decade is that in any free market, a heedless competitor can lead virtually the whole industry astray. The pendulum is swinging back now, but the impact of the debt that Drexel's junk bonds loaded on corporate America will not vanish as swiftly as the perpetrator...
...aircraft orders, Seattle is attracting newcomers from across the country. The median price of a Seattle home rose 23% in the third quarter to $110,000, marking the largest increase in the U.S. By contrast, Phoenix is mired in a real estate depression in the wake of a heedless building spree. Lenders foreclosed on more than 15,000 residential mortgages last year, up nearly 20% from 1988. In the Rocky Mountain area the Denver economy is still struggling to recover from the energy slump...
...family. To purge his horror of the village massacre, he must speak out against the war. He infiltrates the 1972 Republican Convention in Miami Beach and gets on TV. When a security guard dumps Ron out of his wheelchair, he fights back with a Marine's heedless bravery. "We're gonna take the hall back!" he cries to his troops. "Fall out! Let's move...
...disaster. "We couldn't do a damn thing at first because we didn't have any equipment. We broke into a factory yard and got ladders. Then two kids came with forklifts from another factory. We put pallets on them, lifted them up like stretchers and brought people down." Heedless of aftershocks that continued to rumble, ghetto youths perched atop ladders, peering into 18-in. gaps between the layers of concrete to help mostly white commuters climb to safety. Said McElroy: "In time of disaster, people don't ask your color. They just ask for help...