Word: recklessness
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...that Barnes has killed Elias in the jungle. He has already considered taking murderous revenge and been told, "The only thing that can kill Barnes is Barnes." On his last patrol, Chris' suicidal resolve turns him into a mean, obscene fighting machine -- a rifle with a body attached, as reckless as Barnes, as resourceful as Elias -- and he leaves half a dozen NVA in his wake. Now Barnes finds Chris and is ready to kill him when a blast knocks them unconscious. Later Chris revives and finds the injured Barnes ordering him to get a medic. The young man lifts...
...Chinese students, when they are encouraged to participate in political self-expression, will tend to go quite far in expressing their opinions," says Schwartz. "I always find amazing the reckless courage which such students show...
...Interstate Bancorp. BankAmerica, staggering from losses of $600 million over the past nine months, has steadfastly ignored First Interstate's offers of a friendly merger, but the would-be acquirer last week unveiled a hostile bid that it values at $3.23 billion. BankAmerica Chairman A.W. Clausen called the action "reckless." Whatever happens to BankAmerica, it is increasingly clear that from the Texas oil patch to the California coast, virtually any institution is a possible target for the new merger-minded empire builders of banking...
Grab an eggnog and (anticipating technical problems) a few elementary tools, then sit down with Spacewarp. Picture on the box looks great. Grinning boys watching steel marbles roll over course that resembles a Disney World ride for reckless ball bearings. Open the instruction book. And -- the horror! the horror! -- it looks like something from J. Robert Oppenheimer's sketchbook. Maybe the words of Johann Stonehouse, national sales and distribution manager for Bandai America, will soothe: "You're not getting your money's worth if it's not hard. It's a challenge. It's a good item for a family...
Born in San Antonio, North attended school in Philmont, N.Y., and later entered the U.S. Naval Academy. At Annapolis he was known as a "tough kid," and was brigade boxing champ. "Reckless? No," says an old classmate. "Wild? Yes. He liked to have fun." After graduation, North joined the Marines and went to Viet Nam, where he led a platoon and engaged in counterinsurgency warfare. He was wounded in combat, later winning a Silver Star and a Purple Heart...