Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enough of you are willing to stand by these statements as an expression of your liberalism, then there certainly are enough of us ready to try to stand you up against the wall, and we may as well start crying havoc and all the rest. But if you find that these statements caricature your position (and by the way, the facts) then perhaps we can begin to dig into the realities of radicalism (and of liberalism) and explore their sources and present embodiments. I undertake a few comments in that direction, not to pretend that you will join us when...
...havoc caused by the Apaches is nothing compared with what the producers have done to Shalako. The film was not made in the wild West but in southern Spain, and the scenery looks like mañana country. Sean Connery's Lowland Scottish accent continually leaks through his ersatz American drawl. Brigitte Bardot tries to redeem the movie by going topless-coyly and briefly-but her mascara-scorched eyes and flaccid acting make her seem as if she had gone sleepless since her last picture. The dubbed voice of that fine character actor. Jack Hawkins, limited to esophageal speaking...
...except on the night of the big lecture, Kean is confident that they picked up their parasites from the snack bar's hamburgers. For them, as for most victims, the illness was uncomfortable and not disabling. But Toxoplasma is like rubella in one respect: it wreaks its worst havoc on the unborn child, causing encephalitis, hydrocephalus, heart damage and hepatitis. Says Kean: "If this epidemic had occurred in five pregnant women, the potential danger to their unborn children-either fetal death or severe brain damage-would have been enormous...
They seem willing to take enormous casualties in largely futile military thrusts in the hope of creating enough havoc-and enough headlines-to improve their bargaining position. They are also interested in keeping American casualty rates high: last week Saigon announced that 562 Americans had died in the week ending May 11, a record weekly total...
...gained support from the majority of Columbia students because they took the mass of students over to something and something street and let them see the 30-30 rifle. In trying to take over, they had taken the man's advice. 1000 of New York's finest caused enough havoc to create America's finest example yet of white student power...