Word: careless
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Arrogance seems to have made Gotti careless. In two previous trials, prosecutors relied heavily on tapes made from bugs planted in the Ravenite club, his main Manhattan base. They had also recorded conversations from his neighborhood headquarters, the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, across the East River in Queens. Although the tapes were so noisy and scratchy that jurors had great difficulty deciphering the dialogue, Gotti obviously knew that his haunts were wired. Even a public telephone in one of Gotti's favorite Little Italy restaurants, Taormina, has a sign saying, WARNING -- THIS PHONE IS BUGGED...
...thefts ordinarily consist of people who are careless with their possessions," said Erickson. "They are usually the source of the problem...
...fearlessly feminist. In an argument over whether one should wear trousers while scaling the face of a "vertiginous" cliff, Mary remarks tersely (and comically): "Alexandra, the civilizing mission of Woman is to reduce the amount of masculinity in the world. Not add to it by wearing trousers." Their careless courage makes them endearing and often comic...
Coetzee is not so forgiving. In his sharply drawn Age of Iron, black parents who refuse to instill in their children a respect for the sanctity of life are as responsible as the ruthless police and indifferent whites for spawning youths who "start by being careless of their own lives and end by being careless of everyone else...
Although Harvard started the game with an unexpected number of careless turnovers, it shortly became evident that the Techies were in for a long swim. Richards' and Barker's initial scoring surge yielded an 8-2 lead at the end of the first period...