Word: reckless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forgery had been detected, but the pursuit of the perpetrators and their motives would certainly continue. The financial profits clearly had to be a powerful incentive for such a reckless project. A desire to create some sympathy for the entire Nazi movement and to humanize Hitler seemed likely aims too. But the sad saga of the truly incredible diaries raised troubling questions about how such an implausible scheme had been taken so seriously, however briefly. The mere appearance of the volumes should have warned even the most gullible observer: all 62 books precisely alike, despite their span of 13 years...
From the start of the week to the start of the race, this was the Marfa Derby. The brightest debate and sharpest humor centered on a reckless rogue from California. Handsome and as gray as half past 7 o'clock with a splash of white blaze on his forehead, he went off as a 2-1 favorite. For racing sideways at times, Marfa inspired the nickname of "the Mugger." Even in the post parade leading up to a race, the pony escort is not safe alongside, and neither is the pony girl holding Marfa's bridle. The brute...
...another. So for Olivier to test himself against King Lear-as he did last fall for Britain's Granada Television, in a program showing exclusively in the U.S. through mid-June at the Museum of Broadcasting in Manhattan-is less a professional challenge than an act of reckless physical courage. This recklessness has become something of a habit with Olivier. A sense of danger, athletic as well as emotive, has often been at the heart of his Shakespearean performances. His Romeo (1935) clambered up to his fair lady's balcony in record time; his Hamlet (1947) leaped from...
...between the superpowers; that there is a regional imbalance in Europe favoring the Soviet Union; and that regionally and globally there are ominous trends in Soviet wherewithal and behavior. But there were also complaints that the U.S. is overrating the Soviet threat and that Washington's rhetoric is reckless, to the point where the U.S. appears unconvincing in its commitment to negotiate in Geneva. In addition, Europeans were almost unanimous in reprimanding the U.S. for conducting a "cold war" crusade in Central America and then complaining when distant NATO allies failed to support...
...suit, Professor William Cole alleged that the Review had acted with a reckless disregard for the truth in preparing the article, titled "Professor Cole's Song and Dance Routine," Dinesh D'Souza, former chairman of the conservative weekly, said yesterday...