Word: disrupt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition of such a talented freshman might disrupt the chemistry of some teams, but Maher has fit right in with the Crimson squad. One of the first people Maher met at Harvard when she visited as a recruit was senior Co-Captain Jody Fink...
...What is most important is that the only thing that can disrupt the democratic process from now until the elections is violence and intimidation," Gonzalez said. "We hope the [current] situation will prevail...
...college campuses--physical violence--have risen sharply in the 1980s. It is in reaction to the increase in violent acts that college administrations are passing the codes. The intent is to deter some of the violence by cutting it off at its source: verbal discriminatory harassment that aims to disrupt rather than contribute to the educational environment...
...Paris last week, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said soothingly that "the Germans have no intention of provoking in the Europe of the future a discussion about frontiers" that would disrupt the Continent. But he again stopped short of saying Bonn has no territorial claims against Poland, insisting that he could not speak for both German states on the issue. With a national election in December, he apparently does not want to risk losing votes to the ultra-right-wing Republican Party...
...most intrusive visitors are those who tramp through penguin rookeries and other wildlife habitats. Going anywhere near certain kinds of seabirds can frighten them enough to disrupt feeding patterns and reproductive behavior. Though warned not to litter, some tourists leave behind film wrappers, water bottles and cigarette butts. And, yes, Antarctica has graffiti -- on the rocks of Elephant Island...