Word: disruption
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Taking work home from the office may crimp your lifestyle in more ways than one. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook say the heat from a laptop computer--when used on the lap--can disrupt sperm production and affect fertility. Scientists found that scrotal temperatures in 29 men rose more than 4°F after an hour of laptop-computer use. Increases of more than 1.8°F have been associated with reduced fertility in previous research. Talk about an occupational hazard...
...someone who mischievously calls his friends at fancy restaurants just to disrupt their big dates, Fitzpatrick has a romantic side of his own. Last Valentine’s Day, he serenaded girlfriend Liza K. Barber ’05 with a rendition of “I’ll Be” and presented her with a three-foot, homemade, heart-shaped card...
...viciously sectarian agenda that sees naked violence against the Shiite majority as an integral part of destabilizing Iraq's transition. Whether they're attacking Shiite civilians or U.S. troops or Iraqi National Guardsmen, the insurgents have left little doubt that they're going to do their utmost to disrupt the poll. Violence is likely to increase ahead of the elections, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Richard Myers said Wednesday during a visit to Iraq. And don't expect it to ebb afterward, either - interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned in a speech launching his own election campaign that violence would...
...obstacles if they wanted to gain access to students’ records. And we’re not talking about government agencies rooting out young terrorists here. The history of surveillance measures in this country shows that such agencies have seldom passed up the chance to snoop on and disrupt the lives of law-abiding citizens...
...After all the drama, Reliance remains a professionally managed company, and insiders insist that the controversy won't disrupt its day-to-day business. But the old polish has gone, and millions of ordinary Indians may never again feel that the Ambanis are the one Indian business family that never makes a mistake...