Word: rashly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rash of administrative departures has hit Radcliffe in recent months. While Radcliffe spokesperson Michael A. Armini has repeatedly said the timing of the departures was coincidental, others have noted that keeping employees is hard with the future of the institution in doubt...
Such sentiment has not gone away. In the 1980s, there was a rash of Japan-bashing whose rhetoric affected not only Japanese Americans but other Asian Americans who were grouped with them. The 1997 campaign-finance scandal involving Chinese American John Huang also demonstrated that the fear of "yellow peril" persists. I don't think the scandal would have been half as pernicious if the donor had been, say, a German American...
...staff is rash to ask the Senate to dismiss the impeachment charges and avoid a full trial. The president lied under oath and it is the Senate's responsibility to hear the facts and decide whether that lying constitutes a "high crime." Additionally, only in a full trial might the case for the President's obstruction of justice come to light...
...much by the actual loss of money as by the mentality that fuels my spending. Why only order an appetizer when I'm out for dinner in order to save a few bucks? If I can afford it, why begrudge myself of immediate gratification and the pleasure of being rash? My concern, however, is with the accompanying attitude. Once I expect to eat out often and buy nice clothes, at what point does it stop? When does the extra $4 I spend on dinner become the extra $50 I spend on shoes which becomes the extra $300 I spend...
...recent rash of laboratory accidents prompts questions about safety measures and precautions in Harvard's laboratories. Despite the spills, students and faculty say they continue to feel safe when they work...