Word: reckless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since the reckless 1920s has the business world seen such searing scandals. White-collar scams abound: insider trading, money laundering, greenmail. Greed combined with technology has made stealing more tempting than ever. Result: what began as the decade of the entrepreneur is becoming the age of the pinstriped outlaw...
That is hardly an exaggeration. Not since the reckless 1920s and desperate 1930s have the financial columns carried such unrelenting tales of vivid scandals, rascally characters and creative new means for dirty-dealing (insider trading, money laundering, greenmailing). Consider these episodes, all hard to believe, all matters of record...
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the same 5-to-4 majority that lined up in McCleskey, ruled that "major participation" in a felony "combined with reckless indifference to human life" is sufficient to justify a death penalty. For one thing, she noted, the Tison boys knew that their father was serving a life sentence for the murder of a prison guard during an earlier escape attempt. She sent back their case for an Arizona court to consider whether such reckless indifference had been a factor...
Goetz, 39, is charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment, assault and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon in the shooting of Troy Canty, Barry Allen, James Ramseur and Darrel Cabey on December...
Following the death of 64-year-old Albert Pantalina, senior Mark Miller faces charges of driving to endanger, driving under the influence of alcohol, and reckless driving with death resulting...