Word: havoc
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...postcard-perfect contrast extends far beyond the court, however. Barkley, as he solemnly intones in a controversial new television commercial (he wears controversy like a second skin), is "not a role model." He is "paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court." And off. Barkley's charm -- and his curse -- is to be as free and spontaneous with his mind as with his body, and to throw off wisecracks and elbows in a barrage of no-nonsense, forward-driven bursts of speed that threaten always to whirl out of control. At the Olympic Games last year, one of the most...
...teams are far more likely to wreak havoc on the national pastime. And the evil they create can last far longer than the time it takes for them to reach the top of the standings...
...they breathe: because of their design and the synthetic materials they employ, between one- third and one-half of all commercial buildings are filled with polluted air, in some cases 100 times as polluted as air on the other side of the windows. Such "sick buildings" wreak havoc with workers' health and productivity...
This winter's heavy snowfall is wreaking havoc on the Cambridge city budget, as cleanup costs have far surpassed expenses from previous years...
Despite the havoc that Sting's protagonists cause in their quest for connection, they remain doggedly -- and sometimes miserably -- driven by their desire. In It's Probably Me, the narrator clings to a one-sided relationship in a world that's "gone crazy and makes no sense . . . If there's one guy who'd lay down his life for you and die/ It's hard to say it/ I hate to say it, but it's probably me." In an age that has slipped its moral tracks, Sting seems to say, love is the only thing worth fighting...