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Word: disrupter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Walters does not regard pot as a potential health problem because he has not seen it "disrupt anyone's life. People seem to be able to live with...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Getting By With A Little Help From Your Friends | 6/1/1977 | See Source »

...Dellacroce's followers. The Little Lamb acted quickly to get rid of the black sheep; their bodies have not been found. Next, Dellacroce sent gunmen to Harlem to shoot a number of heroin dealers?then spread the word that Galante had ordered the hits. Dellacroce's goal was to disrupt Galante's connections with black Narcotics King Leroy ("Nicky") Barnes. Federal agents arrested Barnes on March 16, confiscating $1 million worth of heroin (he was released on $300,000 bail, which he raised by pledging $1.25 million worth of property that he owns in Pontiac, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

James Griffin, a professor at the University of Maryland, said yesterday that although Soviet authorities did not disrupt the meeting, "it was quite obvious that they knew what was going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviets Deny Wald Entrance To Conference | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

Opponents of the Garrison say that in order to bring water to its 250,000 acres, the project would disrupt 220,000 acres now being farmed. Runoff water from the irrigated areas would leach salty chemicals from the soil and carry them into the Souris and Red rivers. Richard Madson, a local representative of the Audubon Society, calls the dispute over the Garrison "a classic test of whether the bureaucracy can be slowed down once it's moving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Water: A Billion Dollar Battleground | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

...Meyer, lecturer on Economics at Harvard, said he disagreed with Pindyck. Meyer said the United States must not disrupt its economic relationship with OPEC. "It's an addict-pusher relationship," he added...

Author: By Payne L. Templeton, | Title: Panels Discuss Fuel, Mideast | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

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