Word: recklessly
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Reckless Harvest. Even worse, quotas for the rich Antarctic waters continue to be based on the average amount of oil in a blue whale. Blues are the largest whales, often growing to 100 ft. in length and weighing 150 tons. Each contains as much oil as two fin whales, 2½ humpback whales or six sei whales. The net effect of measuring quotas in oil rather than individual species is that whaling expeditions kill everything that spouts; even the smallest whale has value. This year's Antarctic quota of 2,700 "blue-whale units" will cause more little whales...
...during the American Revolution, in a New Hampshire town, and proceeded to aim a lot of barbs at the bumbling British. King George's soldiers are moving from town to town, hanging well-known citizens as examples they hoped would deter Americans from further rebellion. When Dick Dudgeon, a reckless reprobate, is mistaken for a Presbyterian minister, he prevents the minister's wife from disabusing the arresting soldiers and marches off to his supposed death...
...Communist diplomat, speaking privately in Paris recently, declared: "First the Americans invaded the Plain of Jars in Laos, then they invaded Cambodia. Such recklessness invites reprisals." Reckless or not, the U.S. foray is not the only reason that the Communists are on the move in Cambodia. The overthrow of Sihanouk was bound to provoke some countermeasures from the Communists, and Lon Nol's government might not have lasted even this long if the U.S. had stayed out of the sanctuaries. But one consequence...
...correspondents know their way around as well as Richard Beebe Dudman. Resourceful without being reckless, in 20 years on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he has learned to operate with equal ease in Cuba or Washington, the Middle East or London, Viet Nam or Paris. But no newsman can be at ease on assignment in Cambodia...
Kennedy's behavior in New York politics illustrated a dichotomy in his personality. Often he would throw himself into some political crusade with an almost reckless fervor while at other times his cautiousness would inhibit him from making any commitment. This ambivalence surfaced later when he tried to decide whether or not he should run for the Presidency. The authors document the consequences of the inner contradiction in Kennedy's character, but they never explore it directly...