Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Conference for New Politics," where Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. drew the familiar parallel between domestic ills and involvement in Viet Nam. He added: "Nothing more clearly demonstrates our nation's abuse of military power than our tragic adventure in Viet Nam. This war has played havoc with the destiny of the entire world...
...activity. In the past few days, the Saigon police have rounded up 30 V.C. suspects, including the chief terrorist in the Saigon area, a man who received his demolition training in North Viet Nam. After "intensive questioning," the V.C. admitted that they were under orders to create havoc in the pre-election period by setting off mines at points carefully chosen to injure the maximum number of women and children...
...Princefish." Probably the strangest aspect of the Dodd Affair was the havoc it wrought on the once-promising prospects of Russell Long. As chairman of the powerful Finance Committee and Senate Majority Whip, the "Princefish" (his father, the demagogic Huey, was the "Kingfish"), just a few short months ago had every reason to hope that he would follow Mike Mansfield as Majority Leader, perhaps even emerge one day as a vice-presidential candidate. But his wild rants and arrogant tactics in defense of Dodd-coming shortly after an equally bizarre defense of his discredited presidential-campaign financing bill-irrevocably alienated...
...strikes did not seriously disrupt the life of the University--to the disappointment of some of the strikers. Thus, they are not significant because of the havoc they worked on Harvard. But the strikes do reflect the difficulties of dealing with employees' changing needs; and the misunderstandings that lie behind at least one of the strikes points out the painful lack of frequent communication between labor and management...
Wherever they went during their three-week tour of Europe, the Rolling Stones ignited havoc and hysteria. Now that the Beatles have retired from the road, the Stones have become the big squeal on the international pop-music circuit. They have a unique appeal. Like most British rock 'n' roll groups, they began by imitating such hard-rocking blues merchants as Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters (whose Rolling Stones Blues inspired their name); the result was a musically roughhewn sound sung in mock Negro dialect. In 1964, the Stones decided that if the Beatles were the goodies, they...