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reckless and courage
During the Revolution, however, Putnam, as did many American generals, led more strategic defeats than offensive victories, and was known chiefly for his reckless courage.
He showed reckless courage at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown in which he was wounded, and Monmouth, where his horse was shot out from under him.
At the siege of Paris he fought with reckless courage, and was then elected in 1871 to the National Assembly, becoming afterwards a member of the Paris Commune.
Moore was a keen hunter and horse racer, " noted for his well trained stud of hunters ... of reckless courage with which he rode them around Galway ".
" It has been written that, " It is very characteristic of his reckless courage that he published these poems, breathing rebellion in every line, and pouring the vials of his wrath upon the whole race of the Georges, five years after the battle at Culloden.
Panache is a French word origin that carries the connotation of a flamboyant manner and reckless courage.

reckless and fighting
Described as being somewhat reckless in his bravery, Dale commanded the forward guns in the close fighting of the battle.
Some behavioral signs of AD are fighting, reckless driving, ignoring important tasks such as bills or homework, avoiding family or friends, performing poorly in school, skipping school, or vandalizing property.
Despite her excellent fighting skills and generally being sensible and level-headed, Teela has a reckless streak like that of a wild tomboy, a far cry from her mother's soft-spoken temperament.

reckless and spirit
As sanguine as Charles and far more energetic, he was for the rest of the campaign the guiding spirit of the Royalists, but being a civilian he proved incapable of judging the military factors in the situation from a military standpoint, and not only did he offend the officers by constituting himself a sort of confidential military secretary to the King, but he was distrusted by all sections of Royalists for his reckless optimism.

reckless and were
They were coming on at reckless speed for such old vehicles.
A notable contradiction existed in Hitler's strategic planning between embarking on an anti-British foreign policy, whose major instruments consisted of a vastly expanded Kriegsmarine and a Luftwaffe capable of a strategic bombing offensive that would take several years to build ( e. g. Plan Z for expanding the Kriegsmarine was a five year plan ), and engaging in reckless short-term actions such as attacking Poland that were likely to cause a general war.
Three were arrested by the over 100 policemen there, two for disorderly conduct and one for reckless driving.
When called upon to go to the aid of this settlement, which in 1865 – 1866 was sore pressed by one of the mountain Bantu tribes known as the Baramapulana, the burghers of the southern Transvaal objected that the white inhabitants of that region were too lawless and reckless a body to merit their assistance.
The Vietnamese gangsters were also not as reckless or as easily caught as other ethnic gangs around the area, which attracts the Yakuza.
The vanguard under the earls of Gloucester and Hereford, appointed to joint command by Edward after a quarrel about who would take the lead – a compromise that satisfied no one – were already closing in on the Scots from the south, advancing in the same reckless manner that had almost brought disaster at Falkirk.
Several caves on the hill contain petroglyphs, though some of the most important of these were destroyed by reckless steer.
In Florida, paramedics and EMTs are protected statutorily from liability, unless they were reckless.
Nevertheless important roles were still his, including " the reckless, alcoholic, mother-fixated rodeo performer " in John Huston's The Misfits, the title role in Huston's Freud, and the concentration camp victim in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg.
Media and drivers were critical of the way Juan Pablo approached the Brickyard, many IRL drivers labelled him as reckless and predicted an early retirement from the race.
They were merely upset at the reckless attempts by the police to resolve the situation quickly, and some did testify on behalf of Olofsson because they witnessed no evidence of his guilt or complicity in the crime.
:" Vogel's politics were like his nature, imaginative – and occasionally brilliant – but reckless and speculative.
He then made the somewhat reckless, and incorrect, inference that air and, in fact, all gases, were perfect non-conductors of heat.
As one CIA officer put it, the Soviets " were wrapping up our cases with reckless abandon ," which was highly unusual because the " prevailing wisdom among the Agency's professional ' spy catchers '" was that suddenly eliminating all the assets known to the mole would put him in danger.
In the English media they were stereotyped as pleasure-loving, reckless and prone to overturn convention by initiating sexual relationships.
In his later years Bonde's powers of resistance were weakened by sickness and mortification at the triumph of reckless extravagance, and he practically retired from the government some time before his death.
Robertson thought ( 24 October ) that French ’ s “ mind was never the same for two consecutive minutes ” and that his ideas werereckless and impossible ” and that he had poor relations with Joffre.
In spite of Lane's claim that he convinced the jury that Hunt was a JFK assassination conspirator, most of the jurors who were interviewed by the media said they disregarded the conspiracy theory and judged the case ( according to the judge's jury instructions ) on whether the article was published with " reckless disregard for the truth.
Harper has been criticised for appearing unresponsive and unsympathetic to the uncertainty Canadians were feeling during the period of financial turmoil, but he countered that the Conservatives were the best party to navigate Canada through the financial crisis, and portrayed the Liberal " Green Shift " plan as reckless and detrimental to Canada's economic well-being.
The reckless spending that went on during Kubitschek's presidency ( that allegedly started during his earlier executive positions as Mayor and Governor ) were later seen as emblematic of the corrupt practices that are so evident in the governments of today.
In 1741, two masters ' candidates at Yale were denied their degrees for their " disorderly and reckless endeavors to propagate " the Great Awakening, and the College made it an offence for a student to imply that the Rector, Trustees, or Tutors were " carnal or unconverted men " or " hypocrites ".
" Anecdotes of his reckless life were emphasized by the use of his name in connection with the apocryphal Merrie conceited Jests of George Peele ( printed in 1607 ).

reckless and known
In the city, he became known for his heavy alcohol consumption and reckless driving in his new Jaguar car ; he also entered into romantic and sexual relationships with various men.
( In reality, sending unarmed military personnel into a known combat zone can be construed as reckless endangerment, attempted murder, or aiding and abetting the enemy ( or any combination of the three ) by the UCMJ.
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled.
He is also known to be very reckless and short-tempered, even punching former insei Mashiba in the face because the latter rattled his friend Isumi.
On June 1, 1950, she delivered a fifteen-minute speech on the Senate floor, known as the " Declaration of Conscience ," in which she refused to name McCarthy directly but denounced " the reckless abandon in which unproved charges have been hurled from this side of the aisle.
Phoebe obtains the power to " see the future " which contrasts with her known reckless persona.
: The Aogiri's household help, a gnome-like woman known for her reckless driving and ridiculously ugly appearance, despite her consistent claims that she is a beautiful woman.
However, the younger Sicilian mafiosi, comparable to their Irish counterparts the Westies, became known for their reckless and undisciplined behavior which caused unwanted attention to New York's crime families.
Charles, on becoming Duke of Burgundy, quickly became known as Charles the Bold, for his fierce and sometimes reckless military ambitions ( which indeed led to his death in battle ten years later ).
Wallace is known for his somewhat reckless style of play that leads to his frequent injuries .< ref >
Shkuro was a charismatic and audacious Cossack leader ; although his bravery often bordered on the reckless ( he was wounded several times ), he was also known for his cunning.
Ah Long ( Tony Leung Chiu Wai ) is the town bully, known for his boorish manners and reckless attitude which have endeared him to no one, save his sister Feng ( Vicki Zhao ) who has a curious penchant for cross-dressing.
He is known for his reckless live performances, wide vocal range, and outspoken views, having caused controversy due to both performances and interviews.
The Patuca is infamous within Honduras for a section of rapids known as " El Portal del Infierno " or " The Gates of Hell " which are known to have killed many reckless river-goers.
Dörpfeld however remains known as one who brought much order and integrity into archaeology, and one who saved many archaeological sites from Schliemann ’ s reckless excavations.
The alaunt was considered a reckless animal, and had been known to attack domestic animals, or even its owner.
Middlebrooks is a criminal defense attorney who claims on his web site that he “ handles all types of serious crimes, as well as traffic offenses, such as driving with a suspended driver ’ s license, driving after revocation, driving without insurance, reckless driving, and DUI ” and has “ successfully defended hundreds of clients facing serious criminal charges .” Middlebrooks is the sole partner in the Glen Burnie law firm known as C. Edward Middlebrooks, P. A ..
Despite Schenck being limited, the phrase " shouting fire in a crowded theater " has since come to be known as synonymous with an action that the speaker believes goes beyond the rights guaranteed by free speech, reckless or malicious speech, or an action whose outcomes are blatantly obvious.
The Clantons and their ranch hands and associates were known as the " Cowboys ", and they had a reputation for reckless behavior.
Journalistic and police sources in Paris and Marseille told Revelle that Sarti was known as an extremely daring and reckless man, known and despised even by his own associates for taking enormous chances ; but that the willingness to take these chances was what made him such a successful drug trafficker and assassin.

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