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Word: chaotically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...known crisis handler, had been the driving force behind the Administration's unexpected success in the early going, when the Jox had run, the Crimson's sincere but entirely informal basketball team off the Hemenway Gymnasium court. Confused and panicky, the Administration quintet lapsed into chaotic disorganization, and the Crimson went to win by an impressive 23-2 margin...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Hoopsters Race to 23-2 Win After Loss of Bok Change Momentum | 3/4/1972 | See Source »

Flat Soufflé. Suddenly, all of Britain found the lights going out. Midlands auto factories began massive layoffs; the textile industry reported itself in "chaotic" shape. Londoners had to cope with horrendous traffic jams as traffic and street lights went blank. Children were sent home from heatless schools. Housewives faced piles of unwashed diapers, watched their soufflés sink, and could take no refuge in their powerless television sets. The blackouts were rotated by districts in six three-hour periods a day that always seemed to coincide with mealtimes. In some rural areas, chilly Britons hoisted shovels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: When the Lights Went Out | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

...rapist. The writer's motives become muddled--he attempts to kill Alex and discredit the L.T. in one move, and botches the job. In Kubrick, the writer is so caricatured that his motives are individually ridiculous anyway. In the final ten minutes of the film, thematic development becomes utterly chaotic, with none of the possibilities for resolution made clear...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Stanley's No Sweetheart Any More | 2/22/1972 | See Source »

...Fosse's direction is as chaotic as it was in his previous Sweet Char ity, a desperate scramble after a style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Liza: Ja--the Film: Nein | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

...played so that it wouldn't distort. The volume, or level, is checked by playing the record on a sound system separate from the one that is doing the broadcasting. Unfortunately I could hear both systems at the same time and things became very confusing--at times they were chaotic...

Author: By Louise A. Reid, | Title: The WHRB Orgy: A 12-Hour Marathon | 2/12/1972 | See Source »

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