Word: havoc
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...trees in the Yard and across Harvard have been dropping like, well, trees. Dutch Elm disease is wreaking havoc on the University's arboreal population...
...year 2000, the campaign to clear the Pacific Northwest of its majestic, virgin forest could be history. And in their race against restrictions and regulations, the timber companies wreak havoc on the countryside...
...trees in the Yard and across Harvard have been dropping like, well, trees. Dutch Elm disease is wreaking havoc on the University's arboreal population...
Boyle, a seemingly affable fellow, explained that Topps had received numerous complaints about the havoc the gum wreaked: the ever-present pinkness staining the cards, the sugar eating into and withering the feeble pictures...
...that Chapter 11 has become a tool that wily managers can now use to stiff creditors and preserve their own jobs. Moreover, they argue, companies in Chapter 11 can take advantage of the fact that they pay no interest on part of their debt by slashing prices and wreaking havoc on their competitors. Most companies that take refuge in Chapter 11 ultimately fail anyway, critics say, leaving creditors with even fewer assets than if the firms had been liquidated in the first place. Says Sam Zell, a Chicago financier: "It isn't good for the economy to prop up cripples...