Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John. Paul, George and Ringo created havoc because wherever they went; teenage girls were likely to collapse in great numbers or infiltrate hotels on search-and-scream missions. Mick Jagger was leading what appeared to be an outright insurrection. The Stones incited legitimate riots by 1965 and rarely got though more than four or five songs. Their fans either rushed the stage and destroyed their equipment or had so intimidated the hapless policemen sent to protect the performers that the power would be shut down...
...contrast, the proposed cuts in the Graduate Student Loan program (GSL) would "wreak havoc" at the school. Those cuts, to be implemented mostly by raising the interest rates for students and removing certain benefits to lenders, "would have killed the Ed School," Ylvisaker declares. Over 50 percent of the student body receives GSL's and this spring student body receives GSL's and this spring student leaders organized a letter writing campaign to protest the cuts. Their objections represent the widespread Cortage of students and parents" across party lines, says Keppel, who this March testified before Congress against cutting...
...Yankees have been a different story because of one man--you guessed it--George Steinbrenner. George has played havoc with an essentially magnificent team, firing manager Bob Lemon after a 5-7 start and ranting and raving to no end about the club's poor performance. Beset by dissension, too many player moves, and a severe power shortage (they are tied for last in the league in homeruns, and sorely miss the California-gone Reggie) the Yanks have stunk up New York with an 11-16 start and are fast losing crowds to the resurgent Mets. All in all, their...
...aspect of the QRR mess is not whether proctors do or don't give improper assistance during the administration of tests, though this has understandably been a hot topic of conversation among freshmen Attention should in instead be focused on why a fundamentally good idea has resulted in such havoc...
...practical matter, neither the auto industry nor business in general is ever likely to do away with inventories entirely. Indeed, some inventory stockpiles are necessary to prevent unexpected supply interruptions from turning into crippling production bottlenecks that can spread havoc throughout the economy. But computers now permit companies to maintain leaner inventories, and this more precise business management should eventually reduce costly overhead charges and increase profits. -By Christopher Byron...