Word: recklessness
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...Such successes have made Chao fairly fearless. Last fall, during a staff retreat in Phoenix, Ariz., he led three lawyers from China on a three-hour mountain-biking trip in the blistering sun along rattlesnake-infested rocky roads."What the heck," he told them. "After China, this is nothing." Reckless attitude? Chao would probably call it risk arbitrage. --By Sonja Steptoe/Menlo Park
When Diary’s critics do become engaged, the tone borders on malevolence, most of which is directed against the grandmother Madea character. Perry acts the part himself—in drag—with such reckless abandon he makes Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire appear a model of subtlety and restraint. During the course of the film, Madea brandishes a pistol, vandalizes a mansion with a chainsaw, and smokes copious amounts of marijuana...
...little frantic and the team that’s up always forgets that they’re up,” Stone said. “You think you would play with more confidence, but sometimes you’re squeezing it and the other team is playing with reckless abandon...
...game. His imperfections are evident when he raps opposite Eminem on “GATman and Robbin,” a thug interpretation of the classic Batman television show theme. But no one can deny that 50 is one of the most exciting hip hop personalities. The reckless bravado that he displays on The Massacre is both comical and troubling. Although he has said in interviews that he is not afraid of death, he shows little respect for his life on songs like “Piggy Bank” and “Ski Mask...
...Bush Administration’s position on its semi-secret program of “extraordinary rendition,” is not only morally wrong, unconstitutional, and harmful to the United States’ already tarnished international reputation—it’s politically reckless. Rendition is a euphemism for abducting terrorism suspects without any vestige of due process and shipping them off to countries that are known to torture prisoners to obtain intelligence. By “rending” terrorism suspects to nations including Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Pakistan—each of which...