Word: recklessness
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...angry tirade, let me start with the disclaimer that I love the bacchanalian decadence of the college drinking scene. But let’s have no illusions about our behavior. Alcohol is a dangerous drug. It’s a depressant; it’s carcinogenic; it leads to reckless and potentially deadly behavior; it causes brain and liver damage. Marijuana, on the other hand, is relatively harmless. As studies have shown, there is no conclusive evidence that it causes cancer or a significant decline in cognitive functioning. Nor does it necessarily lead to dangerous behavior. Media claims that adolescent...
...Najaf, where U.S. forces and the Mahdi Army clashed openly in 2004 in battles many on both sides see as unfinished. Peterson says the Mahdi Army, as an organization, has grown more sophisticated politically and tactically over the years, morphing from a band of thugs led by a reckless young cleric into something much scarier...
...tragedy wore off and the investigation began, Brazilians immediately rushed to point the finger at others. Leaks from police, investigators or military officers who run Brazil's air traffic system portrayed the two pilots as irresponsible amateurs who flew at the wrong altitude, ignored controllers' orders, performed reckless maneuvers, changed their flight plan without notifying the tower or switched off crucial equipment that could have warned the approaching jet of their presence in the same air lane...
...five Olympic events in which he was expected to medal, he did not finish two, was disqualified in one and finished fifth and sixth in the others. After being touted as the best of America--talented, free-spirited and confident--he left Italy as that other type: reckless, careless and cocky. Currently ranked ninth in the world in overall Alpine events, he's making that trudge back up the hill...
...bankers here. 2. “Waiting for Godot.” Putting up this famously inscrutable play on campus would give us all even more of an excuse to bandy about words like “existentialism” and “Ubermensch” with reckless abandon, and that’s just dangerous. 1. “Moulin Rouge.” No. (I know that Moulin Rouge isn’t a play per se, and my apologies to all those who really like the movie, but I really do have nightmares about some form...