Word: mayhemic
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...LAST MONTH in the District of Columbia public schools, two high school students were shot and seriously wounded, another student was stabbed by a sixth-grade girl, an assistant principal was punched in the face, and a policeman was assaulted by students. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly responded to the mayhem as big-city mayors often do: she announced plans to post 60 more cops on campus. But her predecessor in the job is convinced that a higher power is required. Ex-mayor and now councilman Marion Barry has proposed a law allowing students to lead nonsectarian classroom prayers. "Maybe, just...
...biggest loser amid the global turmoil was legendary Wall Street investor Michael Steinhardt, who as of last week has lost $1 billion since the beginning of the year, or a quarter of the funds under his management. Another big-name investor, George Soros, got caught in the February mayhem, which people inside his Quantum hedge fund called the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre." Soros lost $600 million on Feb. 14 by wrongly betting that the U.S. dollar would rise against the yen. (Don't cry for Soros, though. He reportedly earned $650 million in 1992 and at least as much...
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Many Israelis were worrying almost as much about their country's behavior. Testimony has pointed to considerable official negligence. Security procedures were surprisingly lax at a shrine that has been a notorious flash point for tensions. Authorities did not take seriously the threat of settler mayhem, although warning signs were plentiful. And many were asking whether the security forces overreacted in the aftermath of the massacre. Before it is even completed, the inquiry is raising the specter of high-level resignations...
...woman who cut off her husband's testicles with a pair of scissors was acquitted of charges of mayhem and assault by a Los Angeles jury. Aurelia Macias admitted to the castration but claimed that she was afraid she was going to be raped and that she had been beaten throughout her marriage. Macias and her husband Jaime have reconciled, but prosecutors took the case to trial anyway. The jury deadlocked on a lesser charge of battery...