Word: clog
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...came in for defensive tackle John Brzezenski on those plays, seemed to increase Harvard's flexibility against the run. The four defensive linemen were able to get better penetration lined up in the gaps rather than lined up directly across from someone, and the three linebackers were able to clog up any running room that did develop...
...protective ozone layer. A group of British scientists reported in 1985 that the ozone layer over Antartica had been diminished by 40 percent. Despite global agreements to curb their use, CFCs' destructive potential lasts long after they are released. And even CFC- free styromfoams are not harmless; they will clog our landfills for centuries to come...
Well, I'm not going to take this discovery lying down. No siree, bob. And Bob's not going to take it lying down either. We're going to strike back where it hurts. No, we're not going to sue. Another suit would just clog our overburdened judicial system. which I would hate to do, except for a few members of our judicial system whom I'd like to clog right in the mouth...
Eleven years after the arrival of casinos, life in Atlantic City is paradoxical to the point of perversity. Thirty-three million people visit the city every year, and each day 1,300 tour buses clog the streets. But since 1976 the local population has shrunk 20%, to about 35,000, and residents continue to flee to the suburbs. There are 18,103 slot machines, but no car washes, no movie theaters and only one supermarket. And on Mother's Day, people could not get to church because the Tour de Trump, a bicycle race, blocked the roads that morning...
...impact on the problem. "Our current technology is in the Stone Age," says the National Wildlife Federation's Olson. The booms and skimmers that are most frequently used suffer some basic flaws: they do not work in rough seas, and heavy crude tends to seep under a boom and clog a skimmer. Finally, the devices are all but useless when confronted with a devastatingly large spill like the Valdez disaster. Once the oil had spread over the vast Prince William Sound, a boat towing a skimmer needed fully 14 hours to clear one narrow swath across the 35-mile-wide...