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Word: recklessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exchanges have dragged their feet so much that the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve Board are investigating questionable activities, are threatening to get tough. All of the warnings have slowed trading. Belatedly, the New York Stock Exchange warned its members against using their facilities "for reckless speculation by the uninformed." It has finally realized that Wall Street's failure to do its own policing will bring more stringent Government regulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECULATION: Wall Street Can Help Curb Its Excesses | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...outfield, there has also been plenty of switching. Only Phil Bernstein managed to secure his position in center field at the start and hold onto it. Right field will be filled by Seth Singleton, a very successful batter and fielder, who is sometimes too reckless...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Crimson Freshman Nine Features Balance, Depth at Crucial Positions | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

...Rayburn let it be known that he was getting tired of the whole business. "If we cut a dollar below what [the Administration] wants," complained Mr. Sam, "it's like the heavens are going to fall. If we appropriate a dollar above their request, it's reckless and radical spending." The Democratic 86th, said Rayburn, is going to use its own judgment about spending "from here on out." And what that judgment may be will probably depend on the Easter pulse-taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Course-Shaping Recess | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Complaint. Though embarrassed because a fuss was being made, and because they were being addressed by a total stranger, a few murmured shy agreement. A reckless one or two applauded these strong words, never before uttered aloud on the Underground. Passengers who had docilely left the train discovered what was going on and re-entered like lions. The helpless guard fetched the station master, and the intimidated station master fetched a policeman, who blandly said he could do nothing unless the passengers were disorderly, and clearly they were not. For half an hour the embattled mutineers ignored threats and blandishments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Revolt in the Underground | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...hard to become President. We went through that with our favorite son, Harold Stassen. If the messages were indeed "secrets" on which hangs our nation's security, then our Senator's action in using them to propel himself into the limelight must be regarded as the most reckless folly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 12, 1959 | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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