Word: reckless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Teheran came reports that Mossadeq himself would fly to the Council meeting, to argue, and probably to weep and faint, in defense of his government's reckless course. Possession (in the old saying, nine points of the law) was on his side...
Double Jeopardy. In Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Horace Monday was knocked down by a reckless driver, got up, was immediately knocked down again by the same driver...
...mistaken for anything but what it was: a deliberate endorsement of Ohio's Republican Senator Robert Taft for the presidency. In case there was any doubt about it, MacArthur quickly dispelled it with a blast at "our political and military leaders" who, after World War II, "dissipated with reckless haste that predominant military power which was the key to the situation." Notable among those leaders: General Dwight D. Eisenhower...
...Texas City, Texas, when 150 curious citizens turned out to see the trial of Houston's wealthy Oilman Glenn McCarthy, charged with reckless driving, the justice of the peace ordered the hearing moved to the city hall auditorium. There, in festive fashion, the spectators drank pop, rolled the bottles down the aisle, heard the justice fine McCarthy $5 plus costs. The sting was poulticed later by inviting the defendant to attend Texas City's fair next week. McCarthy not only agreed to come, but said he would lead the parade, riding on a Palomino pony...
...house. It was early evening, half-dusk. The householder saw a shadowy figure through the frosted glass panes of the front door, seized a rifle, and fired. The girl was killed. An early morning milkman suffered the same fate not long after. There was some tutting about too reckless use of firearms, but that...