Word: careless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Careless. In any case, the investigations-and the rumors-will continue, much to the dismay of the Amex and the other exchanges. They are getting bruised mainly because many brokers have grown all too careless with their customers-and their customer's men. Last week, to help brokers spot telltale signs of manipulations in the future, the Amex began issuing computerized weekly and monthly reports, which show how actively each of its 573 member firms have been trading in each of its 1,060 listed stocks...
...plainclothes city officials check the quality of the food. The watch is careful, the punishment effective. Once, a market kibitzer recalls, a careless, stoop-shouldered vendor left a pushcart of tomatoes exposed to a fall frost. Although he knew that the centers of the vegetables had frozen, he was unwilling to lose a week-end take that might have amounted to $200. But, the next morning, when he tried to bluff his way past the officials, one kick by a robust inspector sent the frozen tomatoes pounding down the street like red rubber balls...
Part of a System. Kuznetsov seems refreshingly careless about which official toes he steps on, and there is hardly a stereotyped opinion-or character-in the book on either side. His grandfather is pictured as first looking forward to the Nazi reign with something like enthusiasm, since he had never forgiven the Communists for robbing him "of his dream of getting rich" as "an entrepreneur." And although hatred for the Germans seethes through nearly every page, Kuznetsov also renders faithfully the few encounters with Germans who showed him or his family any kindness...
...test case seeking to establish a standard procedure for dealing with elderly persons living alone who are sometimes admitted involuntarily to mental institutions for observation when they appear to be incapable of caring for themselves or may be dangerous to their neighbors in the same building through careless use of hot plates, kerosene lamps, etc. CLAO has not brought such a case. Dr. Benjamin Sachs, the Health Commissioner, recently called a meeting of all agencies which come across elderly persons in this situation to discuss on a city-wide basis what should be done to protect these citizens, including...
...cheating: "Use of other people's ideas, whether published or written, whether those of scholar or fellow student, in research papers, creative writing, laboratory or field trip reports, without proper documentation is either reprehensively careless or dishonest...