Word: disrupt
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Although the Crimson does not tailor its game plan to disrupt an opponent’s style of play, but Harvard has noticed that the Bulldogs can unleash tremendous pressure on the offensive end with their aggressive fore-checking...
Junior quarterback Liam O’Hagan faced pressure from an aggressive Bulldogs defense, which regularly sent linebackers and corners on blitzes to disrupt the Crimson attack. O’Hagan finished with 53 yards passing and an interception and was replaced by junior Chris Pizzotti midway through the third quarter...
...areas is forbidden, but the restrictions have been ignored for decades as the city struggled to accommodate an exploding population. In recent years, however, civic groups fed up with haphazard development petitioned the Supreme Court to enforce the law-and won. But the clean-up campaign could inconvenience customers, disrupt neighborhoods, and put hundreds of thousands of people out of work. One of them is Vijay Sehgal, 47, proprietor of a wristwatch shop that is slated to be closed. "I don't know what I'm going to do," says Sehgal, "and it's not just me. I have eight...
...that, according to its Web site, is “a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.” These “methods” usually take the form of sending American students to disrupt Israeli military activity including the demolition of Palestinian homes—some of which have been built to hide smuggling tunnels used to bring explosives for suicide bombers...
...Corker put out attacking Ford's family - his father is a once-indicted former Congressman, his uncle awaiting a bribery trial from his state lawmaker past in Memphis - kept Ford on the defensive in the late stages. Corker also benefited from Ford's ill-advised attempt to disrupt a Corker press conference late in the race, adds Oppenheimer...