Word: grievously
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...diverse dubious deeds but by the fact that each in his or her own way has somehow seemed to betray the public trust: Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, Michael Deaver, Ivan Boesky, Gary Hart, Clayton Lonetree, Jim and Tammy Bakker, maybe Edwin Meese, perhaps even the President. Their transgressions -- some grievous and some petty -- run the gamut of human failings, from weakness of will to moral laxity to hypocrisy to uncontrolled avarice. But taken collectively, the heedless lack of restraint in their behavior reveals something disturbing about the national character. America, which took such back-thumping pride in its spiritual renewal...
...Minister Elmer MacKay told the House of Commons last week that on Oct. 30 microfiche records on nearly every 1985 Canadian taxpayer -- documents so reduced that all of them could fit inside a shoe box -- were stolen from Toronto's District Taxation Center. It was, said MacKay, the "most grievous blow to confidentiality in the department's history...
Meanwhile in Rome, the Italian government groped to contain the disaster. At least twelve vintners were arrested on charges ranging from manslaughter and grievous bodily harm to criminal association and illegal adulteration of food. Prime Minister Bettino Craxi announced that any vintner guilty of adulterating wine could have his winemaking license revoked and his profits and equipment + confiscated in addition to facing criminal charges. Agriculture Minister Filippo Pandolfi flew to Brussels, where he convinced leaders of the European Community that no ban on Italian imports was necessary. In the Vatican, authorities announced that the purity required of sacramental wine made...
Plummeting oil prices can do both grievous harm and enormous good. Less expensive oil means lower energy costs for consumers and companies, which can give a substantial boost to U.S. and worldwide growth. At the same time, however, a further fall in oil prices could deal a crippling blow to U.S. energy firms and debt-ridden oil producers, including Mexico, Nigeria and Venezuela. Their woes might then threaten banks and rock the international financial system. Says Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache Securities: "The oil-price collapse suddenly woke people up to the fact that the financial crisis...
Allan Hamilton, who attacked Daniel J. Greaney '86-'87 on December 7, will be sent to jail for a year if he commits another grievous offense within the next 18 months, according to Assistant District Attorney John Ciarli...