Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...situation, and I shall try to do it in a very helpful way. ... I am for the President of the U. S. and I am for my country. I do not want to discuss the provisions of the pending bill. I want to direct your attention, however, to the havoc which this bill is now working in the solidarity of the Nation. . . . There is not enough left in this controversy to justify the hurt and the danger of what we are doing. ... As soon as we take the lash from above the heads of these judges over there, some more...
...serious defect then appeared. The sudden load increase nearly overtaxed the Hackensack generators; it was evident that the votes of an audience several times bigger would have wrought havoc with the power plant. Moreover, the broadcasters could not help wondering how many lazy or indifferent listeners had simply not bothered to switch on a bulb, although they were listening to the program...
...beyond vague nuisance value to the liberal, self-disciplined undergraduate majority. Particularly in view of the recent stormy history and stringent regulation, the price is not exhorbitant and the return is impressive. In this way the University has protection against the turbulent, ill-disciplined minority who might otherwise raise havoc with its fair name and hence with the much-prized liberties of the majority. As with any truly liberal law, the majority, in this case most of the undergraduates, are legislating through their representatives, the University authorities, to preserve the largest possible measure of independence under a given...
...section, now supplying 281 of the 948 Yardlings, has increased its representation 300 per cent since 1933. With New England losing 15 per cent, the geographical spread of the class of '40 does not resemble the distribution of the American people in the days when Adams and Hancock raised havoc on the Common...
...even when he is not supposed to. Brightest spots are the singing of such amiable Romberg tunes as "No Use Pretending" and "Blame It All on the Night" by Ruby Mercer, comely soprano from St. Louis' Municipal Opera Company, and eccentric dances by a small girl named June Havoc...