Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attacks are only the most highly publicized of the cases occurring across the U.S. More and more teenagers, acting individually or in gangs, are running amuck. In the Central Park incident, young toughs said they were "wilding," which apparently means marauding with no purpose in mind but to create havoc and hurt people. In Philadelphia packs of youths chant "Beat, beat, beat" as they roam the streets looking for victims...
...eroded limestone, already had a 2,000-year history of deterioration and attempted repairs. But the ravages of time pale next to the destruction wrought by man. The burgeoning Egyptian population, which today tops 53 million, has combined with the hordes of tourists arriving each year to wreak more havoc in the past few decades than the effects of thousands of years of erosion...
...culture of violence can corrupt affluent suburban adolescents, it plays special havoc when mixed with the pathology of the ghetto, where danger surrounds children every day, sometimes inside their homes, always outside. At least one of the Central Park suspects was sexually assaulted when he was a child, and the private histories of the others are still a mystery. In such brutal conditions, a youngster's peers can become his family, and wilding can be a way to prove his masculinity. "Kids who roam in groups gain a sense of power that they do not have individually," says Elijah Anderson...
...March, Peter L. Malkin '55, one of thisyear's official Overseers candidates, wrote aletter to some alumni expressing concern that the"dissident" candidates would "wreak havoc" withthe Board...
Both players had trouble holding their serves in the fast-paced first set, as the wind wreaked havoc with their shots. Although he is considered primarily an aggressive serve-and-volleyer, Shyjan exhibited solid groundstrokes yesterday, consistently nailing his passing shots...