Word: disrupt
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...visible and invisible opposition in the months before the Beijing Olympics begin. The visible was front-and-center in the world media as the OIympic torch made its way through various countries on a circuitous route to the Games. Everywhere Chinese security is on guard against activists prepared to disrupt the flame's progress to protest China's human rights record in Tibet and in the enormous province of Xinjiang. In London, a protester tried to grab the flame away from its official bearer; at one point, the torch had to make its way through the city within the protective...
...these marriages of dance and technology McGregor says he seeks to "disrupt the spaces in which the body performs." By presenting the human form in a new and alien way, he wants audiences to see it through new eyes, and to understand its possibilities. Some have found the work unsettling. "You meet Wayne and he's the nicest guy," says former Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell. "And then you see the steps and think: Hey, this is not so nice...
...unanswered goals. “They have the ability to do that because they’re very experienced, very dynamic players,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “They’ve all been playing together for a long time. They disrupt you with the way they play. It was funny because it was 10 in a row but it was a kind of gradual scoring.” Duke would score two more in the final five minutes of the half—both on assists from Danowski, who contributed six points...
...Most analysts predict Lebanon's political paralysis to continue, possibly into next year with the players dragging out the deadlock until after the U.S. presidential election. The one factor that could disrupt the stalemate, however, is if Bellemare begins issuing indictments for the Hariri murder...
...season.Vaillancourt, the Crimson’s leading scorer and a Patty Kazmaier Award finalist, almost doubled Harvard’s lead on a shorthanded opportunity when she stole the puck in the neutral zone and found herself on a breakaway, but a Badgers defenseman caught up with her to disrupt the scoring chance.From that point on, it was all Wisconsin, and as the Badgers head to the NCAA Championship game, where they will play for their third consecutive title, the Crimson can only return to Cambridge and wonder what went wrong, and what might have been.—Staff...