Word: derailed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lawrence was the only ECAC team to derail the RPI express last year. Expect similar carnage--and more--from the 1985 Saints...
...refusing to dwell on or even acknowledge the problems that are headed his way, Reagan seems to derail a lot of them. As another occupant of the Oval Office, Calvin Coolidge, said, "If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you." Coolidge's portrait still hangs in the Cabinet Room for daily inspiration...
...Arabia, Egypt and the moderates will feel immense pressure to line up with their Arab brethren. We've got to get used to the disagreeable fact that there really is no quick fix for terrorism. What we do need is improved intelligence work against terrorist groups. Penetration can help derail the nasty stuff. When I was in the agency, the CIA penetrated the P.L.O., and we helped head off several terrorist acts, including an assassination attempt against Golda Meir...
...first, the Cantabs--who must still be considered a notch below the Lions--must derail a Columbia program that until about seven years ago was one of the doormats of the league...
High interest rates, though, helped derail the whole tactic. They drove bond prices down just when Drysdale was counting on them to go up. The ploy was exposed in May 1982, when Drysdale defaulted on $160 million in charges it owed Chase Manhattan. Ultimately the bank lost a total of $270 million in trading expenses and interest payments. During the summer of 1982 Drysdale's parent company went out of business, and Chase Manhattan took over the portfolio of Drysdale Government Securities...