And what for so many years had seemed to point to the arbitrariness of life was soon evidence of the opposite -- my broken neck the almost inevitable consequence not of a divine plan, but of a reckless driver, a truck loaded with four tons of tiles, a backseat with no headrest, and a dangerous road.
In unionized sectors of the economy, a reckless management may invite a militant stance by unions.
For every irresponsible borrower there is a reckless lender (often a German bank).
What's going on here is that we're in uncharted territory, a world where the Fed and the Treasury are making up the rules as they go along, where accountability is being ignored and a world where the government bails out Bear Stearns and its creditors rather than letting those who have been reckless learn a lesson for the next time.
And the industry should look to its own self-interest: it would be a shame if reckless expansion spoiled a good innovation.
James missed the conversion and then a penalty when Gloucester flanker Peter Buxton was lucky to escape a yellow card for a reckless high tackle on Abendanon that sparked a brawl.
The moral of the story is that there is no magic point where deficit spending leads to a fiscal crisis, but we do know that it is a bad idea for governments to engage in reckless spending over a long period of time.
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August was a particularly unfortunate month: it began with a reckless stand-off over raising the national debt limit and a downgrade to America's credit rating, and ended with a hurricane.
His afternoon got worse on the stroke of half-time when he produced a reckless challenge on Koscielny and referee Martin Atkinson wasted little time in producing a straight red card.
King was dismissed for a reckless lunge on the hour - but Aidy Boothroyd's side held on for a draw.
Chelsea's efforts to somehow snatch at a lifeline suffered a setback with 20 minutes left when Ramires flew into a reckless tackle on Nani and left referee Oligario Benquerenca with no option other that to brandish a second yellow card.
In January, a Hamilton County jury acquitted Cunningham of misdemeanor reckless endangerment for sending a father and daughter down the Indian River without a guide.
Another might be worries that America's rebound is unsustainable, being based on a seemingly reckless fiscal policy, unusually low interest rates, and a consumer borrowing binge.
So defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate.
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It guaranteed the obligations of Irish banks to a reckless degree, wrecking the country's public finances.
Rather, households and banks are working off the excess debts of a reckless decade.
She felt a reckless impulse to pluck the seed out, though she could not risk the intimacy.
Rodwell was shown a yellow card by referee Dowd for a reckless lunge on Nigel de Jong.
But even if these are reasonable objectives, we are now far from worrying about a reckless boom.
Mr. FLETCHER: It was a reckless, reckless move by the Bush administration, describing Eritrea as potentially sponsoring terrorism.
He pleaded guilty to reckless disturbance of a Schedule 1 bird under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
He pleaded not guilty to culpable homicide and to other charges of driving in a reckless and inconsiderate manner.
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He wasn't a petulant Hollywood director or a reckless contestant on reality TV.
It is, instead, the result of a reckless disregard for sound investing practices in the unscrupulous pursuit of profit.
This rather patent implication suggests more than a reckless disregard for the duty to disclose material facts to the investing public.
But the great majority of people we are seeing have not behaved in a reckless manner, they are simply falling over.
Now even within his own cabinet some regard this as a reckless gamble that has spun the eurozone back into crisis.
Yes, Obama has been a reckless big spender, but he is merely continuing the irresponsible statist policies of his predecessor.
Meanwhile, the citing of Italy's Salvatore Perugini in making a reckless tackle during the game against France in Rome was not upheld.
The open, end-to-end nature of the game continued after half-time and Lee Cattermole was soon booked for a reckless lunge on Nyron Nosworthy.
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