Word: sprees
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...buying spree began when I was a freshman at Wigglesworth Hall," Loud remembers...
...would-be thieves size up the campus and pilfer a few backpacks and PalmVs. Although crime has decreased in Cambridge recently because of snow, rain and--unrelatedly--the booming economy, Harvard students still leave burglars every opportunity to grab some booty. From psychologically impaired shoe thieves to the crime spree that jarred Eliot House a few weeks ago, crimes happen here all of the time...
...firestorm by arguing that today's technological innovation and improved efficiency can themselves ignite inflation. His logic? Strong productivity growth raises the outlook for corporate profits, which drives the stock market higher. As equity prices soar, Americans feel wealthier, and that encourages them to continue their wild shopping spree. "The problem is that the pickup in productivity tends to create even greater increases in aggregate demand than in potential aggregate supply," says Greenspan...
...most brazen officers was Perez's friend David Mack. Mack is serving a 14-year prison sentence for robbing a bank of $722,000. After the robbery, Perez says he traveled to Las Vegas with Mack for a high-living gambling spree. Mack has reportedly renounced his police associations and claims to belong to the Piru Bloods, an L.A. street gang. And the Los Angeles Times has reported that Mack is being investigated in connection with the murder of Christopher Wallace--the rapper Notorious B.I.G.--who was shot to death after leaving a party...
While a recent spree of armed robberies may have alarmed students, a more pedestrian crime is hitting Harvard Square--and police are warning students to watch their wallets...