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...potential for unintended assault from an ally's gun is a fact of life on the battlefield. But sometimes tragedy is avoidable. Last week a British inquest decided that two U.S. pilots had acted with reckless indifference to the rules of combat when they inadvertently killed nine English soldiers during the gulf war. The American officers, the jury determined, had failed to verify map coordinates for their targets before opening fire on vehicles they believed were Iraqi. The British government indicated it would not press charges against the pilots...
...started using it the second week after it occurred. We used it to point out how an incident, a traffic violation, led to the events that we saw on television. The man had been stopped. We would have given him a ticket for speeding or reckless driving. We ask, "What are the officers doing that they shouldn't be doing? Are there other alternatives...
Spend Today and Retire Tomorrow may sound like a reckless attitude toward the future, but it could be a painless way to set something aside for the golden years. Launched last week in surburban Washington, START lets people have their nest egg and spend it too. To enter the plan, a consumer pays a one-time enrollment fee of $25. Whenever a member buys something from a participating % company, 1% of the purchase price is put into escrow. Once the escrow balance reaches $100, members can open up a START Plus annuity account. Each account receives a 1% contribution...
...drinking, puking, courting and infidelity. In Search and Destroy, now on Broadway, he looks at men his own age who have achieved material success but feel an inner hollowness. They seek cures ranging from ritual maleness a la Iron John to shedding their ties and common sense in reckless crusades for adventure. The central character, played by film actor Griffin Dunne, reacts to a busted marriage and a Florida income tax problem by turning to a trio of cliche badass pursuits: cross-country wandering (the show's sole set is a highway), crime (involving, naturally, suitcases of white powder...
...Reckless--through March 29. WorcesterForum Theater Ensemble, 6 Chatham St., Worcester...