Word: greed
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...tired cliche to describe the 1980s as the era of selfishness, ostentation and greed. Ever since Nancy Reagan undertook to redecorate the White House and purchase new china while the rest of the country suffered the worst unemployment since the Great Depression, word has been out that Greed...
That is small consolation to Jordache, which spent more than $2 million on its legal defense. Said Chairman Joe Nakash: "Nothing can erase four years of humiliation and embarrassment caused by the greed and viciousness of others...
...tryout, The Pay-Raise Follies enjoyed a remarkably rapid revival. There was House Speaker Tom Foley last week, a bipartisan cast gathered around him, calling earnestly for more money. Here again came consumer advocate Ralph Nader, stirring up rabid radio talk-show hosts to bash Capitol Hill for insatiable greed. George Bush, once more standing in the wings, sent his best wishes...
ESSAY: Thanks for the holiday greed has not yet ruined...
...would lead this crusade has the proper mettle -- or at least the proper brass -- for the job. He is none other than Tom Wolfe, apostle of the New Journalism, archaeologist of radical chic and, most recently, best-selling author of Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), which gleefully pilloried the greed and corruption of New York City life. Wolfe's summons to revolution, published in the November Harper's, pinpoints a new and surprising target: his fellow American novelists. This latest bonfire is already throwing off a lot of heat...