Word: disarrayed
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...relate to Stephanie Plum. I’m the kind of student who, like Stephanie, lives her life in disarray: 7 minutes past the 7-minute grace period, running around Harvard Square in spandex and no pants (some think this is a crime in and of itself), and constantly straddling the line between academic probation and sanity. I could relate to Stephanie on a level I couldn’t relate to someone like Martin Heidegger, for example. Plus, her descriptions of New Jersey were sharp and right on the money. These books were pure...
...Lisbon Treaty is designed to streamline E.U. decision-making now that the club has expanded to 27 members, but the Irish referendum - the only such vote in the E.U. - has thrown the entire project in disarray...
...urine of the female fox, it turns out, is highly toxic to grass; it can wipe out whole patches of a lawn in seconds and leave a tennis court in ruins. That one of the world's largest sporting events could be thrown into disarray by the startled evacuation of an urban fox is a telling reminder that each singles match at Wimbledon involves three living organisms: two players and the lawn beneath their feet. And for all the grunts and struggles of the players, the lawn has a huge effect on how tennis is played at the Championships...
...with the stabilization of oil prices and disarray of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) came a return to complacency. Americans are in the process of forgetting all they learned about energy conservation. Yet convincing signs—including a recently released repot by the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that a new oil crisis may develop by the end of the decade that would “deal a devastating blow” to major industrialized countries...
...green fields of sheep farms, an orange tent stands alongside a mobile command center outside Selfloss' police headquarters. The street is lined with white SUVs rigged with thick antennae and monster tires, while dozens of uniformed police officers mill about drinking coffee and smoking. Police Chief Kjartansson surveys the disarray in his headquarters, littered with scattered papers and filing cabinets. "If somebody had been taking their passport picture an hour earlier, you can see what would have happened," he notes, pointing to the tall metal column that has fallen on the precise spot where people sit to be photographed...