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Word: conscienceless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...within months of their arrival. The Marielitos have since fanned out around the country, and special police squads have been set up to deal with them in cities as varied as Las Vegas and Harrisburg, Pa. With no central bosses or structure, the Marielitos operate as loose bands of conscienceless predators, uneducated and wild but also shrewd. One of their first bold strokes: dressed as police SWAT teams, they began invading the homes of Miami drug dealers. Besides stealing cash and dope, the raiders made a point of pistol-whipping, torturing and occasionally raping their victims, who, given their business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Parasites on Their Own People | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...have to call Goetz a 98-lb weakling? Up against four strapping teenagers, most of us would look like weaklings. Premeditated self-defense is a perfectly rational response when one is confronted with four strong, savage, conscienceless youths. Laura Callahan Busch Chesterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 29, 1985 | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

...what? One obvious idea is for the Bureau of Conscienceless Glut to buy all the unsalable, hard-to-park gas guzzlers, and distribute them free to the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: I'm a Cardless Person | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

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