Word: havoc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Supposedly, littered bags wreak havoc on environmentally sensitive areas where they get caught in rivers and entangle birds and fish. But if the ban had gone through, the cure might have been worse than the disease: According to the EPA, paper bags discharge significantly more water and air pollutants than plastic...
...senior co-captain Vivian Liao each irked the referee through the first half], the freshmen got a chance to show what they could do.”While youth was being served offensively, the defensive side proved to be a hotbed for veteran cunning, as senior Melissa Mueller wreaked havoc in the pool and snatched six steals on the night. Senior Cassandra Forsyth entered the pool for the first time in a month after being out with a concussion. Although Harvard added another stellar performance to its 2008 season, the team isn’t quite ready to rest...
...sick of the generalizations about young people in the media. My friends and I don't spend our evenings causing havoc or drinking ourselves into oblivion. But the media's focus on youths who do makes some adults think we are all alike. On a bus not long ago I overheard other passengers saying young people are "no good." How can we have faith in ourselves if others don't? Rachel Scholes, Manchester, England...
...President McCain could actually represent the trickiest shift. No matter how he has repositioned himself since 2000, he's still the Republican who knocked Rumsfeld and criticized 24, on Fox's sibling broadcast network, for glamorizing torture. Worst of all, the "liberal media" like him, which would play havoc with Fox's us-vs.-them, fair-and-balanced formula...
...everyone is convinced that Musharraf's departure and negotiating with the militants is going to solve all of Pakistan's problems. "Musharraf should not leave the presidency immediately," says Islamabad-based businessman Khalid Ibrahim. "Otherwise, this [new] leadership can play havoc with the war on terror and economic prosperity of the country by negotiating with the terrorists. World powers are comfortable with Musharraf and they want him to stay. If he goes maybe they will stop giving financial aid to Islamabad...