Word: recklessness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mature deliberation, any thoughtful citizen will realize 'that the legislation now pending in Congress is but the first surrender of the outposts of the forces which have so long condemned this country to the reckless waste and criminal mortality of the volunteer system...
Some daring innovator conceived the idea of throwing tooth-picks in bunches. This was quickly taken up by a score of imitators, although it was somewhat frowned upon by the members of the old school. There was the usual number of reckless persons who did not hesitate to throw ice and butter, while some favored napkins soaked in water. The firing of mashed potatoes and chocolate cream pie was rare but effective. One man dared to swing the catsup bottle round his head, but was deterred by his companions before this project could be put into execution. The evening...
...improprieties and injustices can be committed under cover of its magic name. But leaving generalities aside, let's look the situation squarely in the face and find a few specific instances. Take the question of the night shirt parades. We have no objection to the parade. But when a reckless gang of paraders make an exuberance of College Spirit their excuse for robbing, rioting and pillaging they make fools of themselves and cast suspicion on their fellow students under the guise of institutional loyalty : when they paint the town red in a misdirected attempt to display their college pride, then...
...curious to note that the man who named appendicitis--a disease which has led to so much criticism for alleged reckless operating--was a physician very conservative himself in the matter of operations. This conservatism was a dominant mental trait, of a piece with his rather reserved personality, under which, however, for those who know him well, flowed a vein of genial humor. It was often remarked that he and the late Dr. Maurice Richardson were the close friends they were "by the law of opposites...
...than excessive wealth, the busi- ness man should entertain a right standard of living. The simple life is undoubtedly the ideal life, but the simple life does not mean a life without comfort and refinement. It does mean a life that is not lowered by undue extravagance and the reckless expenditure of large sums of money...