Word: breakdown
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other object of rage is the New York subway, and the authorities for permitting it to deteriorate to its current sinister, menacing state. The New York subway is a place where the rules nominally apply, but only nominally. The problem is more than the breakdown of law. It is the breakdown of order. "The absolute amount of serious subway crime is small--38 reported felonies per day," editorializes the New York Times. "The larger problem" is "graffiti, vandalism, harassing passengers for handouts. The pervasiveness of that mischief generates fear that a system millions must ride has slipped out of control...
...visitors' ruthlessly aggressive D intensified nine minutes into the first half, when McLaughlin, satisfied with the breakdown of the Dartmouth press offense, replaced sophomore guard Keith Webster with Greg. Wildes for most of the rest of the contest...
...technology that can no longer be taken for granted. If this technology reduces some of the drudgery of housekeeping, it also renders the housekeeper dependent on machinery--not merely the automatic washer and dryer but the elaborate energy system required to run these and in-numerable other appliances--the breakdown of which brings housekeeping to a halt...
...Schroeder's doctors there is much stress ahead as they worry about their patient's survival. DeVries told reporters last week that he will worry for as long as Schroeder lives about the risk of infection, which is a greater problem for diabetics, or about a breakdown in the equipment. "We live on the edge of possible disaster at any time," he said. By applying the lessons learned from Barney Clark, DeVries hopes that certain earlier calamities can be avoided. For example, because Clark's brain seizures were attributed to the sudden increase in blood circulation following...
Harvard Coach Joe Restic took a slightly different view of the first-half communications breakdown "May be that was better," he grinned, pointing out. "We had 14 points [to Brown's zero...