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Word: heinousness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DESIGNING Skyscrapers with a revolutionary new "vertical" alignment to replace the old horizontal models, architects have eliminated the need for workers to roll around on their sides or secure their papers messily to their horizontal desks. Yet with these great advances came the most heinous impediment to human happiness since the legalization of codscallops--the elevator. Nowhere is this devil-device more prevalent than in the corporate world of Wall Street...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Days of Marble Steps | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...COST of millions, elevator companies are hell-bent on undertaking the most heinous practical joke ever. Combing the world's fraternity alumni lists and fast-food restaurants for the most unpleasant people in existence, the elevator companies hire these monoliths to populate the elevators of American cities. Bonuses are awarded for employees who are able to shake their bodies and shout things like, "OH NO! IT'S SNAPPED! WE'RE GONNA FALL! AHHHHH...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Days of Marble Steps | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...accused of enthusiastically participating in such heinous crimes is reacting with callous glee. When he enters the courtroom, he grins at the audience and greets them by saying "Boker Tov," Hebrew for "good morning." He then listens without emotion to the chilling testimony against him, yawning and fiddling with his earphones while those on the stand weep. He even tried to shake the hand of one death camp survivor, who "without the slightest doubt" identified him as Ivan...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Trial of Remembrance | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

THIS MAY NOT SEEM so morally heinous, but in fact it is complex form of robbery. But even more important are its effects. Scenario: everybody breaks the rules of Wall Street...chaos ensues...capital is unavailable to allow companies to grow and function, leading to...Economic Breakdown! Well, this may be extreme, but if we decide to let one person get away with breaking the rules, what deterrent is there to stop others...

Author: By William H. Berkman, | Title: Getting Away With Murder | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

...right if you wish to fester in despair over homework assignments, but not in public. Complaining about work is a lethal pollutant in the Harvard atmosphere. The heinous odor seeps in every crack and crevice of the Harvard ambience, suffocating the unwitting undergraduates who dare to take enough time away from their work to breathe...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Who Cares? | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

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