Word: wantonly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commission drew a thin line between what are called "acts of omission" and "acts of commission." Thousands of military prisoners perished in the "acts of omission," e.g., in the long forced marches which brought privation, starvation and exposure. Other thousands were deliberately slain in the wanton "acts of commission." Items...
...woman is a misunderstood woman; a misunderstood woman is an unsatisfied woman; a woman who cannot lead a full sex life will clearly suffer damage in body and soul. This chain of reasoning cannot be broken-not even by an assurance that one is leading the life of a wanton...
...conducting germ warfare and had massacred North Korean and Chinese prisoners. "Physically," one ex-prisoner said of his Chinese camp, "it was all right, but mentally it was damn rough." Almost to a man, the returnees reported that it was the North Koreans who had abused them with wanton brutality...
Scriptwriter Pete goes with him, and they fight every step of the way through an underbrush of moralization about the evils of wanton slaughter. In the end Wilson gets tired of the safari to self-understanding and snarls: "What the hell, a man's responsibility is really limited to himself. If you found out, through me, that you're not as brave as you think you are, well, that's not my fault. You would have found out ultimately anyway...
...Auburn Street were maliciously snapped off. On previous occasions I have counted as many as fifteen ears parked on Dunster Street on which this same prank was played. Since the replacement of these aerials usually costs about ten dollars, I personally fail to find any humor in this wanton destructiveness. The countless number of windows around the University which have been broken by rock-throwing urchins is just another example of this vandalism. Especially in view of the fact that the business derived from the University singlehandedly supports local merchants, it is time for the Cambridge police to provide more...