Word: havoc
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Angry conservationists are predicting that tanks, planes and infantrymen will wreak havoc with the environment. Ranchers fear the destruction of prime grazing land. But because only two of the 19 proposed land acquisitions require congressional approval, the Pentagon is likely to prevail. Declares Minnesota Congressman Bruce Vento: "They're going to listen to the public, but in the end they'll do what they want...
...Roger of the title is Roger Smith, GM's chairman, and the central conceit of the film is Moore's desire to take Smith on a tour of Flint to show him the havoc he has wrought. To this end, Moore and his film crew stalk Smith, showing up and asking to see him at GM headquarters, at the Detroit Athletic Club and at another club, where Smith is not even a member. This leads to a number of funny-edgy encounters with puzzled receptionists and security personnel. At one point Moore flashes a Chuck E. Cheese card as identification...
...making a coordinated counterattack on invasion night. "The whole infrastructure of our forces was destroyed in the first hour," admitted Major Ivan Gaytan, a top P.D.F. planner. Though some Pentagon planners had anticipated 70 U.S. military deaths, the figure was 23. Noriega's irregular Dignity Battalions raised more havoc than expected with sniper fire and hit-and-run attacks in Panama City streets. But when Lieut. Colonel Luis del Cid, Manuel Noriega's most trusted military aide, waved a white flag over his fortress in Chiriqui province and Noriega deserted his fighters to save his skin, resistance faded...
...behind the killing. Aoun has been outraged that the plan permits 40,000 Syrian troops to remain indefinitely in Lebanon. He had pronounced Moawad's election void and vowed to throw out the Syrians. Aoun is too weak to achieve that goal but was strong enough to cause havoc. Before the assassination, thousands of his mostly youthful supporters crowded into the courtyard of his bombed-out palace, offering Nazi-style salutes and chanting "We sacrifice our souls and blood to you, O General," while riots and a general strike took place in the territory Aoun controls. He threatened revenge against...
...billion and could be twice that. Roaring from St. John to Puerto Rico, the hurricane stripped the voluptuous hills of every trace of green; it sent rooftops cartwheeling down the mountainsides and busted power lines and telephone poles, leaving the hillsides silent and dark. Given all this havoc, returning visitors these days will be amazed to see how quickly, riotously, the vegetation is growing back and how mightily residents have worked to clean up the mess...