Word: reckless
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...years in charge of the University had never seen so many insubordinate actions as in the preceeding four years. Nor was it a surprise to the class itself, bitterly divided into two factions--the majority, which consistently ignored the rules of college decorum with more-than-reckless abandon, and "the Blacks," a minority of 15 or so students who constantly informed on their classmates' antics...
From their entrance on August 27, 1819 until their ill-fated commencement, the class of 1823 gave the College a rowdy and reckless spirit beyond the control of President Kirkland and his faculty, and a violent split which led to a battle forever after referred to as the "Great Rebellion...
...have to be reckless but you can't leave yourself to complete abandon," Randall said. "I learned that it's better to vault cautiously than act to vault...
...Harvard pole vaulting corps--Dave Randall, Dolf Berle and Gus Spanos--are a small and diverse group. Each vaulter started for a different reason and is at a different point in his vaulting career. Yet they have two things in common: a slightly reckless streak and a love for the excitement pole vaulting provides...
...psychologically the home court may be a monkey on the host's back. For one, everyone on campus knows you've got the advantage. Your friends know and expect you to win. Your opponent knows and plays with reckless abandon. The door into a squash court may be small and camouflaged, but it's not like you can put on the other team's colors and sneak your familiarity with the courts in through it. There's a lot of pressure playing at home and it makes risks--you've got to take risks to win in squash--more dangerous...