Word: havoc
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...grim winter of 1942, while the Afrika Korps and the British Eighth Army were slugging it out in Cyrenaica, Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons and said: "We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general." Even before he died in 1944, Erwin Rommel had achieved legendary status among his Anglo-Saxon foes. By now he has a safe niche among those defeated military commanders-Lee and Napoleon are outstanding examples-who rise at least equal to their conquerors in the esteem of the military...
...with haves and have-nots-but in amatory rather than economic terms, and not always to the haves' advantage. Laid in a small Kansas town, the play tells of a number of women and young girls, of their longings for men and marriage, and of the havoc created among them by a bull-like youth who happens...
Rather than incur these costs, students often neglect the examination and squint their way through to summer vacation where costs may be transferred to the family rather than college budget. While hesitancy may show financial acumen, it can wreak havoc with the eyes...
...guilty of one intellectual sin you deplored, "the Big Oversimplification." To cite at least three instances of this: (1) "On foreign affairs, where he is meant to be an expert, all Eisenhower has offered is a restatement of Democratic policy on Europe, in terms just different enough to cause havoc abroad." It would appear that "containment," "negotiation," and "liberation" alike have suffered from the misdefinition which one-word characterizations invite. Nevertheless, there is an emphasis in the foreign policy advocated by General Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles which bears recognition. There seems a legitimate marginal area short of war or operations...
...experience, and his campaign has wandered haphazardly from Peace to The Mess to his opponent's sense of humor. On foreign affairs, where he is meant to be an expert, all he has offered is a restatement of Democratic policy on Europe, in terms just different enough to cause havoc abroad, and a restatement of the old Republican line on Asia. Contrast the General's speeches with Stevenson's, and you will find that while the Governor thinks, Eisenhower believes--and his beliefs have provided nothing to satisfy the electorate's desire for effective and original answers...