Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...national pilots union had asked its 40,000members at all airlines to follow rule booksstringently starting yesterday, and there werefears of havoc of piggy-backing delays around thecountry as pilots slowly completed safetychecklists. But while the union said 60 percent ofits members followed the directive, delays werefew...
...strike threatened to spill over into a union sympathy action against as many as 12 commuter railroads around the country, which could create rush-hour havoc Monday morning, especially in the New York metropolitan area. Strikers planned picketing at commuter railroads and received assurances no rail workers would cross their lines...
...increases during the past half-decade have been remarkably small, never more than 5% annually. Vigilant economists have spotted warning signs from time to time but never any present danger. Now, however, comes fresh evidence that inflation may be making a comeback at a time when it could play havoc with the aging economic expansion and the new Administration. A serious rise in prices would force the Federal Reserve to fight back by pushing interest rates higher, which runs the risk of choking the economy, boosting the federal budget deficit, and ballooning the cost of President Bush's savings...
BUSINESS: A burst of inflation threatens to play havoc with the aging expansion and the young Administration...
...such murders often become targets themselves. Indeed, overburdened police forces have had little success in breaking the power of the drug gangs, even when they have adopted systematic buy-and-bust tactics or resorted to the dragnet-style crackdowns pioneered by Los Angeles police. Homicide experts predict that the havoc will continue until the demand for crack can be brought under control by better education and treatment programs. Says Washington Police Chief Maurice Turner: "Police alone cannot solve the drug problem...