Word: recklessly
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...party official in Georgia at the time Ordzhonikidze was commissar, probably had nothing to do with his murder. The logic, so far as Russia's present rulers were concerned, was the need to keep Beria's name before the people as the man responsible for the reckless Ezhovshchina. The West could only guess what pressures inside the Soviet Union made this still necessary, 18 years later, unless it was the identity of the real murderer...
...Fernando as the cratic zealot of any war--the traitor who with no devotion to either side, with no goal other than rebellion and death. Joseph Wiseman fulfills this role with a calm fanaticism, breaking his shell of assurance with sudden bursts of excitement. Zapata's brother is equally reckless, but Anthony Quinn plays the part in an amusing swagger, lifting skirts as easily as spirits. In the feminine lead, Jean Peters is lively and tender as Brando's pet, although she occasionally succumbs to traces of soap opera sentiment...
...book has too much padding in its saddlebags, and Author Geer (The New Breed) is guilty of some sloppy writing, but in spite of these handicaps, Reckless and her comrades in arms gallop through in fine style...
...Reckless is by no means the first horse to be honored for wartime services. Alexander the Great named a city after Bucephalus, his favorite mount. The Roman Emperor Caligula caused Incitatus, his stallion, to be elected a priest and a consul. The skeleton of Robert E. Lee's horse, Traveler, still stands near Lee's tomb at Lexington...
...Nervous Type. In Chicago, fined $675 for 80-m.p.h. speeding, reckless driving and running through eleven red lights, Manuel Palide, 22, told Traffic Court Judge Alfonso Wells: "I must have been excited...