Word: greed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must reject the decade of the 1980s as one of greed and self-centeredness, where the rich got richer, the poor got poorer and the middle class got squeezed out even more," he said. "We have deepseated economic problems in this country...
Oran said he had used "poor judgment" in making his offer. But he added that he hoped the incident had highlighted some problems with graduate students' financial support. "Clearly this was done out of need, not greed," he said...
...lies and self-delusion, inflated claims, greed and chart errors were the common currency of exploration. Columbus' mistakes, for instance, were no worse than those of the 16th century navigators who blundered out into the Pacific in search of gold and terra australis, the antipodal continent. And unlike others, Columbus got across the Atlantic and found something -- not Asia, but something -- in the West...
...they fit with such skill and comfort. They were well fed and well housed, without poverty or serious disease. They enjoyed considerable leisure, given over to dancing, singing, ballgames, and sex, and expressed themselves artistically in basketry, woodworking, pottery, and jewelry. They lived in general harmony and peace, without greed or covetousness or theft...
...flowed so freely that Levine kept breaking the law even after his legitimate yearly income rocketed to $2 million. That was not enough at a time when other Masters of the Universe made still bigger bucks and Milken earned an astronomical $550 million in a single year. Blinded by greed, Levine rationalized his crimes by asserting that everyone traded on inside information and assuring himself that he would never get caught. Unknown to him, however, his Bahamas bankers were copying his trades for themselves. Their profligate piggybacking left an international paper trail that led U.S. regulators straight to Levine...