Word: disrupter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response to the letter's charge that a change in leadership for student service would disrupt programming, Knowles said he would listen to student leaders' concerns...
Losing weight only to gain it back may be a sign of a lost battle against the bulge, but it may not be dangerous, government researchers said today. Past data had indicated yo-yo dieting may disrupt metabolism, increase body fat and lead to heart and other health problems. But today a National Institutes of Health panel said it's far more dangerous to be overweight, although more research is needed...
...mercilessly roared along with the rest of the stadium, trying to disrupt the opposing team's offense...
...even as the cancer debate continues, environmental groups are pointing to a different, previously unrecognized threat. Chemical pollutants, they say, can interfere with one of the most basic of biological functions: the ability to reproduce. The chemicals allegedly disrupt the action of hormones, those all-important molecular messengers that regulate just about all bodily activities, including growth and reproduction. The result may be a variety of harmful effects that could decrease fertility. Among them: testicular cancer and reduced sperm counts in men, uterine abnormalities and miscarriages in women. While there is no hard evidence that pollution is affecting human fertility...
...listed "likely criticisms" that the plan would generate: "Cost containment would be ineffective and have perverse results . . . Limiting spending on health-care through global budgets will lead to service rationing, and interfere with quality improvements and consumers' traditional freedom to spend . . . Universal coverage would involve redistribution of income and disrupt satisfactory arrangements for many Americans." To this Magaziner added an ironic warning to himself, which he apparently would forget: "The task force should plan serious outreach activities. The policy work cannot be done in a vacuum...