Word: recklessness
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...truth, the Administration had its fingers crossed that its admittedly off-kilter response would suffice. On Wednesday Clinton proclaimed that "our mission has been achieved," while avoiding defining either the mission or the achievement. Officials warned that further reckless acts from Saddam would provoke more reprisals, but the main purpose had been accomplished: "to make Saddam pay a price" for every "act of violence and aggression...
...Murphy, thanks to seamless makeup) consumes a formula that cures both the excessive frumpiness and (in a twist on the original film) lumpiness that he believes might hamper his success with an attractive young grad student (Jada Pinkett). The new Klump, under the alias Buddy Love, proves devious and reckless in his pursuits, threatening the research money sought so assiduously by the unctuously psychotic dean at Klump's university (Larry Miller...
Night after night, Nigerian gangsters trolled the bars and fleshpots of Naples for reckless young Yanks. The bait: a weekend excursion to Turkey, all expenses paid, and a fat wad of walking-around cash. The job: carrying a backpack stuffed with heroin on the return flight from Istanbul to Rome...
...both sides had called for the highest alertness of their armed forces, the international community has not viewed this somewhat routine violation from North Korea with particular alarm, and the United States downplayed the chances of a second Korean War. Let us hope that all of North Korea's reckless provocations were just for the purpose of pressuring the United Nations into holding peace treaty talks, instead of signaling to the world that it's going crazy. What will take place in the next few months or few years--how would North Korea take the initiative, how would South Korea...
...investigation came a day after a State Department official said that the administration tacitly approved the 1994 arms transfers because of the Bosnians' desperate military situation. "President Clinton's policy of virtually inviting Iran into Europe could have disastrous results for America," said Gingrich. "The president undertook this reckless policy hastily and then kept it secret from Congress, the American people and our European allies." While the GOP will try to get as much political mileage as possible out of the inquiry, TIME's James Carney says it's not likely to be a major issue in the fall. "This...