Word: disrupter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only good chance to disrupt the Brown harmony came on a first-half penalty shot by Lee Nelson. There were to be no surprises in this symphony, however, and the Bruin goalkeeper stopped the shot on his only tough play of the game...
...also apparent that disclosure of such widespread bribery abroad could disrupt many a government--including such frontline allies as Japan, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as certain key governments in the Middle East. We had to reconcile the need for obtaining public and congressional support for corrective legislation with a recognition that the foreign government potentially involved must be treated with fairness and restraint...
...grin. At the middle of the arc, Al's smile turns into a squarely set, unrehearsed-looking deadpan, suitable for framing and hanging in a standup comics' Hall of Fame. And at the bottom of the arc, there's a ferocious scowl, reserved for anyone foolish enough to disrupt the proceedings of the honorable City Council...
...rushed the Langa police station. The police again opened fire and killed at least two more people. Other demonstrators set up roadblocks and stoned trains and buses to prevent workers from going to their jobs in Cape Town. There, as in Johannesburg's Soweto, the tactic failed to disrupt business and industry seriously, but managed to intimidate many black workers. As one Johannesburg worker told Lee Griggs, TIME'S Africa bureau chief: "They scare me. This morning some young ones tried to make me stay in Soweto. 'Do not go,' they said. 'Today we march...
...event in this year's crowded calendar of bargaining bouts. Nearly 700,000 of the 4.5 million workers involved in bargaining this year labor under pacts with GM, Ford, Chrysler and American Motors that expire Sept. 14. Every auto negotiation carries the threat of a strike that could disrupt the economy, but veteran bargainers on both sides rate the chances of settling without a strike this year as the best in memory. Main reason: the industry is booming, its workers are prospering and neither side sees much to justify a knockdown fight...