Word: havoc
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...begun to realize this perception of the medieval Mongols is woefully one-dimensional. Genghis Khan, their most celebrated leader, was not merely a bloodthirsty killer but also a supreme military strategist and talented politician, as adept at forging alliances and gathering intelligence as he was at wreaking terror and havoc. And the Mongol civilization he ruled had a rich cultural and artistic heritage that went back at least 6,000 years...
...killing individual cells in the body's all-important immune system that the AIDS virus wreaks its terrible havoc. The virus itself isn't deadly, but it leaves the body defenseless against all sorts of diseases that are. Other viruses, like Ebola, kill immune cells too, but very quickly; the dead cells form massive, deadly blood clots. Still others, hantavirus, for example, trigger a powerful reaction in which immune cells attack both the invading virus and the host's healthy cells...
Lloyd leaves the troupe to return to New York, and the second act turns the set around to follow the show from backstage as the nowdirectionless tour drags on. Lovers' quarrels storm, the casts' peculiarities begin to wreck havoc and the troupe's tensions creep on stage. The final act returns to the front of the house to survey the results of three months on the road from the point of view of "Nothing On's" unwitting audience: a madhouse held together by the eternal delusion that the show must...
...began walking off their jobs on July 4 in an effort to topple the country's military government were successful beyond their dreams. The work stoppage, which escalated last week when it was joined by the 3.5 million members of the largest umbrella union, the Nigeria Labor Congress, played havoc with everyday life. Banks were shuttered, as were most small shops and businesses. Most painfully affected was Nigeria's biggest source of foreign exchange, the oil industry. The Royal Dutch Shell Group, the largest operator in the country, announced that the strike had forced it to cut production nearly...
Both Rabin and Secretary of State Warren Christopher felt certain Hizballah was, as the Secretary put it, "at the bottom of some of these" bombings of Israeli and Jewish targets. "Groups like Hizballah that wreak havoc and bloodshed," he said, "and Hizballah's sponsor, Iran," must not be allowed to prevail. If their goal is to halt the moves toward peace, they probably will not succeed. Car bombings and terrorist atrocities now seem irrelevant to a Middle East so close to an overall settlement...