Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cyclist called the bridge "potentially dangerous" and added, "Given the average behavior [of people on the bridge], I think it really is dangerous." One pedestrian complained, "[Bicyclists] don't slow down...
...over certain aspects of campus life. By and large, required retreats and classroom crucifixes have gone the way of the Latin Mass. Mixed-sex dorms and university-sponsored advice on birth control and abortion are still officially proscribed, but in practice most Catholic schools do not actively police personal behavior. Nor do they turn a blind eye: Georgetown tried unsuccessfully to refuse funding for a gay student group...
...have yet to address the basic problems: excessive volatility, excessive speculation, excessive use of credit and inadequate regulation. This speculative behavior is not driven by individual manipulators, as was the case in the 1920s and '30s, but by institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies, banks and savings and loan associations backed, in many cases, by state and U.S. Government guarantees. Curbing speculation and promoting investment must be the objectives of reform...
...have created a gigantic financial house of cards. We have had fair warning about its weakness. It is no coincidence that the explosion in speculation during the past few years has been accompanied by a significant increase in the level of illegal or unethical behavior in the financial community. Charges of insider trading, market manipulation, conflicts of interest and securities fraud are more and more common. The media have made their own contribution to this frenzied climate. They have turned raiders and junk-bond kings into a new economic elite, and takeovers into the highest form of business endeavor...
...this moment to endorse mandatory widespread population screening," she said, "because the answer to the question, `What is the purpose of the test, and what would you do with the results?' is unclear. There is no treatment. There is no way to ensure that people will change their behavior and not spread the disease...