Word: wantonness
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Fetterman: “It wasn’t like wanton sex. We were all good friends. Except…[looks at Bourdon-Feniou] well, some of it was wanton...
...functioning civilian government. Renewed fighting erupted across the province, killing dozens. Jet fighters and U.S.-made Bronco OV-10 bombers screamed low over the palm trees while tanks and armored troop carriers rumbled through the countryside. More than 200 schools were burned to the ground within 36 hours, a wanton destruction of property blamed on GAM in the past, but which this time was so well orchestrated that one independent observer suggested the military might have been behind it. Curfews, either military-ordered or self-imposed, were in effect in every Acehnese town. Meanwhile, in Lhokseumawe in northern Aceh...
Though most shared a few tales of wanton drunkenness, from the convenience stores and pizza joints to the pubs, managers and busboys alike were quick to insist that Harvard students were above all “polite,” “well-mannered,” “tame” and even “boring.” Are we failing to live up to the standard of obnoxious college drunks across the country? Judge for yourself...
...deceased Abu Nidal and terror groups such as al Qaeda, known stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons, reports from Iraq’s former bomb-maker that its scientists could be months away from producing a nuclear weapon, Hussein’s gassing of the Kurds, his wanton slaughter of Iraqi dissidents and civilians, his firing at U.S. and British planes patrolling the “no fly” zones, his agents’ attempt to assassinate former President Bush and his repeated flouting of U.N. resolutions—we are told that the Bush Administration has no right...
...with it. The decision - at a time when America's post-9/11 flags are still truculently out and its nerves frayed by a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't war against terrorists and by a doubtful economy - seemed stupid: fetishistic about the First Amendment and almost wanton in its cluelessness about the American mood...