Word: reckless
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Even if Masson prevails, enough of what Malcolm said about him has been validated to brand him forever as a reckless egomaniac, philanderer and self- promoter who dared to impugn the integrity of Freud, the demigod of his former field. If Malcolm wins, it will be despite her readiness to alter facts in service of her vision of truth. She admitted cleaning up and clarifying Masson's prose, which is common journalistic practice. She also combined remarks made months apart, in different circumstances and on different coasts, into a single monologue -- which is not common practice at all. She felt...
...again and do it right. We want reform," he asserts, but experts estimate that the Clinton plan as it is developing will cost Americans $3,500 a year each on average, and "if costs spin out of control, the health-care system will suffer. We think the plan is reckless." The AMA will not say any such thing publicly, however, for fear of losing its bargaining leverage...
Like most egotists, Signorile keeps breaking out in rashes of infantilism. It gives his writing a reckless charm. It also preserves the delusion that he can do nasty things to people for their own good...
...statement released by the Fed charged that the Business School student's actions "demonstrate a willful or continuing disregard for the safety and soundness of [Manufacturers] by Young, involve a reckless disregard for the law, and personal dishonesty by Young...
...discourage the expression of dissent and especially to show how much more enlightened and sophisticated they are than the rest of us. Anyone who disagrees with them is branded a bigot, a racist, a homophobe and so on through the catalog of epithets the Left has rendered meaningless through reckless overuse. They explain away people who hold views different from their own by attributing to such backward folk the all-purpose motivation of Hate...