Word: rashness
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...balance of world power heavily in favor of the U.S. and its allies. In fact, foreign aid has been drastically cut and the prospect is that it will be cut further. Use of the enormous military plant now seems to depend on the Communists. If they make a rash move, possibly the U.S. will be able to punish them; if they do not, the U.S. will go on paying blackmail to the threat of aggression at the rate of $750 per family per year...
Paris' thin-skinned dailies erupted in a rash of indignation. Le Monde accused Brisson of "sowing doubt and distrust." Left-wing Combat answered by attacking the U.S.: "I would say the stock of the U.S. has never fallen lower, whereas that of France is rising visibly . . . I would say that if Germany has really become so soon a confidential partner, one should not have been so stupid as to crush...
Doctors have learned to make no rash claims about treatments for multiple sclerosis. This baffling disease of unknown origin afflicts an estimated 250,000 in the U.S. with varying degrees of incapacity, usually in the legs and arms, often involving speech and vision. Damaging the nerve sheaths in the brain and spinal column, multiple sclerosis may take many forms, from a quickly fatal attack to a 30-year lingering illness punctuated by long periods of relative freedom. Histamine, vitamins and a variety of drugs have aroused high hopes in some researchers and their patients, only to prove disappointing...
...browsing through the Crimson today we discovered Mr. Goldman's and Mr. Kennedy's delightful suggestion that each boy invite two girls to the House dances. We would like to be the first to applaud this gracious idea and if it is not too rash, to accept their kind invitation...
...story of the picture, based on a novel, Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle, concerns a rash child (Actor Curtis) of the 14th century who doesn't know his own father. To find out who he is, the young man takes service as a squire with the kindly Earl of Mackworth (Herbert Marshall), quickly wins distinction with his arms-in the bower of milord's pretty daughter (Actress Leigh) as well as in the joust. In the end, Curtis clears his father's name, puts the crunch on the villain, gets the girl-and saves the state...