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Word: havoc (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hold on to Your Hat: Anticipated to wreak havoc with the game, Hurricane Hugo was only a minor factor. It brought no rain at all, though swirling winds caused problems for both teams...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Critical Mistakes Plague Gridders | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...home the Japanese enjoy the soothing comfort of a hot ofuro, their traditional bath. On the road it's not so easy. Trying to re-create abroad their beloved steaming, full-tub soak, Japanese tourists have acquired a reputation for wreaking havoc on British hotel bathrooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Money Down The Drain? | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...that they are free once again to exercise their democratic prerogatives on the subject of abortion with a reserve bordering on clinical depression. "It's terrible to have this issue back again," New York Assembly Speaker Mel Miller told the New York Times. Others gloomily predict "a mess" and "havoc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The New Politics of Abortion | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...tons of hot gas, occasionally burst free, shooting into space at speeds as high as 2 million m.p.h. And the earth's upper atmosphere, pummeled by solar particles, is laced by electrical currents of as much as a million amperes. These in turn create powerful magnetic fields that raise havoc below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fury on The Sun | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...Sound, sent in a team of high-level officials, including Environmental Protection Agency administrator William Reilly, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan and several White House advisers. While there was no chance the calamity would match the worst-in-history damage in Alaska, the Rhode Island spill could still wreak environmental havoc. The ship was loaded with a relatively light fuel that will break up much faster than the 11 million gal. of gooey crude that oozed out of the Exxon Valdez. However, the fuel is highly toxic and could pose a threat to the wildlife in Narragansett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer of The Spills | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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