Word: recklessly
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...carried France on my shoulders." No nation with any pretense to vitality can indefinitely be carried on the shoulders of one man. Either its sinews must atrophy or its restlessness erupt in the desire to walk on its own. The French are on their feet now, but swaying dangerously, reckless with the rediscovery of their latent powers...
...jury disagreed. Apparently convinced that Ginzburg had demonstrated both malice and a reckless disregard for the truth, it awarded Barry $50,000 in punitive damages from the magazine, $25,000 in punitive damages from Ginzburg-and $1 in token compensatory damages from Fact, Ginzburg and Boroson...
...courts when public figures are involved. To make a charge of libel stick, the Supreme Court has held, "there must be sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication." If he did, he was guilty of recklessness and malice, and, as a result, libel. Ginzburg may yet persuade an appeals court that he was neither reckless nor malicious...
...Goldwater was then a particularly public figure, and the Supreme Court has made it extremely difficult for such persons to win a libel suit. To avoid stifling the free-speech right to criticize government leaders, the court since 1964 has required proof that the alleged libeler had "malice" or "reckless disregard" for the truth. Just two weeks ago, the test became stiffer still. Beyond "reckless disregard," the court added the necessity of proving that the libeler "entertained serious doubt" about the truth of his accusation...
...Chung Hee Park's trip to Honolulu last week to meet with President Johnson. In private conversations attended only by the two Presidents and their interpreters, Johnson briefed Park on U.S. plans for peace talks on Viet Nam, apparently convinced him that the U.S. intends neither to make reckless concessions to the Communists nor to leave South Korea. Their joint communique noted President Park's "satisfaction with these developments...