Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Citing the "recent rash of evening violence on and around the Harvard Law School campus," the resolution "strongly recommends that the Harvard Law School, through Dean [Robert C.] Clark and the Office of Student Life work with the Harvard University Insurance Office and Harvard Transportation Services to make the extended evening off-campus shuttle services into a permanent fixture at Harvard, as in years past...
...wake of a rash of hate crimes against gays--BGLTSA Co-Chair Adam A. Sofen '01 cited the October murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, Alabama resident Billy Jack Gaither's violent death last month after being beaten with an axe handle, and last week's attack on a gay student at Tufts College leaving an off-campus party--Hildebran and Pars-Avila discussed their professional experiences with anti-gay violence...
...like going to school with a KICK ME sign stuck to your back. You'll probably get pummeled. Investors want growth and capital gain. Period. That's apparent in today's fury to own money-losing, dividendless Internet and other tech stocks. Meanwhile, there is some question whether the rash of REITs will smooth the real estate cycle as advertised. The theory goes like this: with many real estate companies dependent on stock sales to fund projects, Wall Street becomes a long-sought governor over the industry. Just when there is a danger of overbuilding, REIT shares should fall...
...retailing trend hasn't gone unnoticed by the A.M.A. Its ethics committee last summer recommended a new policy that would have barred members from selling vitamins and other health-related products to their patients. That move triggered a rash of protests--particularly among plastic surgeons and dermatologists, who have long sold facial creams to their patients. The A.M.A. agreed to reconsider the no-sales rule, and says it will revisit the subject later this year...
...living was every adolescent?s dream, at least among the pocket protector crowd. Sleep all day, play with Nerf toys all night, drink Mountain Dew -- what could be better? And computer games are selling better than ever -- in 1997, they generated $5.6 billion in revenues. But a rash of lawsuits and recalls in the past few months is teaching the industry a tough lesson: Becoming a mainstream medium brings with it responsibility. MORE...