Word: pranks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ALTHOUGH SOME contend that the perpetrators did not know the implications of their actions, I disagree. The degree of effort, planning and malice that went into the vandalism make its explanation as a drunken prank or an act of random destruction seem empty and contrived...
...practical joke gone awry that helped bring Salomon down. In an elaborate form of hazing, Mozer reportedly persuaded a Salomon customer last February to submit a bogus $1 billion order for 30-year Treasury bonds. The idea was to shock the novice trader who received the order. But the prank backfired: the deal went through, and the unauthorized purchase landed on Salomon's books...
During his time as a Kennedy School student, Duffy and his roommate were charged with stealing a rug from the Business School library. Although he apologized for his actions and says they planned to return the rug at the end of the year to complete the prank, some opponents say the incident blemishes his record...
...stupid prank," Duffy said. "I wish I hadn't done it. But I'm not really sure how relevant the incident is to my position...
Last year, in an effort to reverse the team's luck, the folks at the sports information department in Durham, N.H. tried printing the team's media guide backwards. Not even that prank was enough to pull the Wildcats out of the doldrums--UNH went winless at home for the second consecutive season...