Word: disrupter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is trouble in this seeming paradise. Beneath the calm surface, tensions are seething among scientists, fishermen, tour operators, smugglers and politicians. The hostilities threaten not only to disrupt the peaceful pace of Galapagos life but, far worse, to upset the fragile environmental balance in one of the world's most cherished ecological reserves...
...terrorism associated with Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organization leads some people to regard his strides toward peace as illegitimate. Right-wing politicians in Israel are bitterly contesting the peace agreements. And Arafat now faces bitter opposition from extremist Arab groups, such as Hamas, who are desperately trying to disrupt the peace process. Hamas has been responsible for recent suicide bombings in Israel. Fortunately, the peace process has continued despite the obstacles posed by radicals on both sides...
...year-old civil war, two of them since Sunday. Late Monday, 27-year-old Saida Djebaili was shot several times in the head in Algiers. "The violence will intensify as the November 16 election approaches," reports Lara Marlowe. "The insurgents are going to do everything in their power to disrupt the election, which, if it is held, will be like Iraq's election of Saddam. The military will undoubtedly maintain control of the government. Although the guerrillas have been extremely vicious, the government has been just as oppressive and violent...
...recognize that many other students disrupt classes as well. Many of us are familiar with the sight of students streaking through lectures or final club punchees dragging kegs through classrooms. We believe that the choice to pursue disciplinary action against such pranksters should be left up to the professors whose rights have been infringed upon. In this instance, Mansfield made an effort to seek out Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and bring these events to his attention. We think disciplinary action in this case is entirely justified. Furthermore, the political nature of this disruption makes...
Final clubs and other groups disrupt class with streaking and other pranks, Clayton said, and are not reprimanded...