Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Third, the fight against liquor in this country began more than a hundred and fifty years ago. Dr. Benjamin Rush, chief medical officers of the Continental army, witnessing the havoc wrought by liquor among the soldiers, used all his influence against it, but of course, the standards of the time was against him. Benjamin Franklin threw all the might of his influence against liquor. Washington repeatedly warned his officers to use all their influence to curb drunkenness. Shortly after the revolution several churches took up the question seriously, the Quakers and the Methodists leading the way. Other churches soon, followed...
...constantly recurring misapprehensions about the oncoming House Plan is the imagined havoc it will play on the corporate spirit of Yale. Undergraduates and alumni alike have conjured up all sorts of dire pictures of the ensuing conditions here five or ten years hence. They have visualized conditions ranging from the prospect of sending their sons to Summer House rather than Yale to the spectacle of Yale beset with a conglomeration of small social entities...
...left the University players on the brink of demoralization and only victory over Florida will restore the confidence necessary carry on against Michigan, Holy Cross and Yale. Victory for the southern invaders, on the other hand, coming at a time when the outlook is more optimistic would raise havoc. There is feeling around Soldiers Field that the poor showing on the last two Saturday was caused by the absence of Harper from the lineup. This afternoon's game will find the crack Crimson fullback harness and Harvard followers feel the he will supply the spark necessary make the team...
...world's most important and also most disagreeable work is done by morons and others closest to the line. ... If we had no morons, it would seriously interfere with the paving of streets, building of sewers, running of railroads, factories and other industries and also raise havoc with church attendance. . . . The moron as a rule is very tractable. He attends to his work only and doesn't even make unreasonable demands in the matter...
Anthracite. Economic professors, wanting to give an example of the havoc substitutes can play to a nicely adjusted supply and demand situation, always point to the anthracite industry. Gas, oil, bituminous (soft) coal, and Welsh anthracite have proven sturdy competitors to U. S. anthracite. Perhaps to find strength in union, the Glen Alden Coal Co. (W. W. Inglis, president) last week announced plans to purchase the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. (Charles F. Huber, president). Two of the oldest and largest of anthracite companies, their combined annual production will be over 13,000,000 tons, greatest of any unit...