Word: recklessness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Angry Irish voices filled the lecture theater of Dublin's handsome, wide-flung Leinster House. Honorable red-faced members of the Dail Eireann threw "reckless," "irresponsible," "pique and petulance" at the bowed head of astute, unbowed Prime Minister Eamon de Valera, crouched on his shiny, mahogany front-row seat. De Valera had just tripped an unwary Dail into an unwanted general election, the second within a year...
...Hatfields and McCoys (". . . they wuz reckless mountain boys . . .") were discovered by American Magazine to be feuding no more.† Rooming together and working at a Maryland war plant June Hatfield, great-granddaughter of Clan Leader "Devil Anse" Hatfield, and Susie McCoy, great-granddaughter of Clan Leader Randall McCoy. They visit each other's families without resort to arms, and June plans to marry a real McCoy some...
...Crimson rugby team proved its merit on the far field at Soldiers Field Saturday by thrashing an experienced Royal Australian Air Force squad by the score of 16 to 4. All the scoring in the game, third of the season and the first to be won, occurred in a reckless second half when Crimsonmen surged over the Aussie goal on four occasions, and brought their total score to 16 points with two conversion kicks...
...Assistant Secretary, Johnson notably worked to promote safety in commercial aviation. In 1937 he blocked a projected transatlantic air race to Paris, as a reckless "stunt." He helped push through Congress the Merchant Marine...
...American Fascists out of control. . . ." The temperate New York Times asked sharply: "Who are the 'stooges' of Wall Street? . . . Who are these American Fascists? If they exist, Mr. Wallace should present us with their names and with concrete evidence against them. . . . Perhaps he is merely throwing . . . reckless charges and abusive language ... at people whose economic and political views differ from his own. . . . The Vice President of the United States, if anybody, ought to learn to weigh his words. . . ." At week's end Mr. Wallace consented to name one of the American Fascists he meant: Colonel Robert...