Prison guard (later Inspector) Javert is the voice of the rule-of-law principle run amuck.

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This is one reason cost have run amuck at the end of life.

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Across this country in offices and construction sites and classrooms competitive juices run amuck as the Fantasy Draft for the 2012 season takes place.

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Mass hysteria which is when contagious social emotions run amuck is the result.

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Thanks to reporting by Bloomberg today, we are getting the view that JPM in London has run amuck trying to become a major profit center by specializing in corporate derivative transactions similar to those used in the lead-up to the mortgage meltdown in 2007-2008 that caused several banks to become insolvent and need to be bailed out.

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