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Also wreaking havoc in the Friar backfield was Jennifer White, who combined with Martin on several give-and-go plays that almost resulted in Harvard goals. White set up the best score of the day when she broke free on the left side of the net, drew Providence's Judy Van Schelt out of the net, and then fed Martin in front of the open goal...
...runaway cost of health care has played havoc with the federal budget, which has seen outlays for federally financed medical coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs rise from $26 billion in 1976 to $56 billion in 1981. In a desperate effort to slash expenditures and trim a projected overall budget deficit of at least $103.9 billion for the fiscal year that begins in October, Congress agreed to slice $15.2 billion off projected spending of $270 billion for the programs over the next three years...
When Mexico's El Chichón volcano came abruptly to life in late March and early April after more than a century, it killed 187 people, forced thousands from their homes and created havoc over a wide area of Mexico. Since then, 3,721-ft. El Chichón (The Lump) has simmered down, giving off only occasional blasts of steamy vapor. But the mountain continues to be an object of intense scientific concern. Though the initial blowup was relatively small. El Chichón pumped so much dust and debris into the upper atmosphere-perhaps more than...
John. Paul, George and Ringo created havoc because wherever they went; teenage girls were likely to collapse in great numbers or infiltrate hotels on search-and-scream missions. Mick Jagger was leading what appeared to be an outright insurrection. The Stones incited legitimate riots by 1965 and rarely got though more than four or five songs. Their fans either rushed the stage and destroyed their equipment or had so intimidated the hapless policemen sent to protect the performers that the power would be shut down...
...contrast, the proposed cuts in the Graduate Student Loan program (GSL) would "wreak havoc" at the school. Those cuts, to be implemented mostly by raising the interest rates for students and removing certain benefits to lenders, "would have killed the Ed School," Ylvisaker declares. Over 50 percent of the student body receives GSL's and this spring student body receives GSL's and this spring student leaders organized a letter writing campaign to protest the cuts. Their objections represent the widespread Cortage of students and parents" across party lines, says Keppel, who this March testified before Congress against cutting...