Word: recklessness
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...Bush's mysterious budget magic, they could not control the images emanating from Washington. More than a month after Clinton left office, he remains the image of the party even when he is battered and silent. He was supposed to be leading the government in exile, chiding Bush for reckless driving. "The liberals would have liked for Clinton to weigh in," says one key Democratic Senate aide. "But he can't. The Republicans have neutered...
...reams of cheerful consumer research notwithstanding, Branson came in third on bbc radio's lighthearted year-end Villain of the Year poll. And in December an unauthorized biography by journalist Tom Bower-which seems to try the fancy trick of painting Branson as both a Machiavellian schemer and a reckless fool-ranked alongside Branson's own autobiography on the Sunday Times business best-seller list. (Branson has sued Bower for libel over a newspaper article...
Earnhardt had been a wild-child teenager, as reckless as they come and headed for nowhere, but he grew up to be his sport's father figure, Dad without the breaks, and a corporate titan to boot. He could regale a crowd of GM dealers with war stories for an hour--Mr. Charm--then shift gears in a heartbeat, chiding drivers who wanted to slow the cars down as "candy asses." He made tens of millions of dollars racing and tens of millions more running Dale Earnhardt Inc., but even at 49, a man of considerable responsibilities and with nothing...
Once I told Dale that if he'd finish repairing my car for me, I'd let him take it to Nashville to race in a 200 lapper. He was good: he could drive the wheels off anything, but young Dale also had a reckless streak. He did go to Nashville, where he proceeded to wreck not only my car but the rest of the field as well. He nearly got me banned from the track...
...control room that day. This new information is likely to figure prominently in next week's court of inquiry, where the sub's top three officers will present their cases before an investigating panel. The officers could face court-martials on a variety of charges ranging from reckless operation of a Navy vessel to manslaughter...