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...night did not start smoothly. The Greede Family, one of the opening bands, caused havoc when Paradise management had to cut off their electrical power after their show ran too long...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Get With the (Witness Protection) Program | 2/21/2003 | See Source »

Their fellow Southerners said they were unprepared for the havoc the snow played with suits and dress shoes...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts and Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Snowstorm Batters University | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

...parent of the big bergs, the Ross Ice Shelf, is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which, for the past 10,000 years, has been slowly slipping into the sea. Should that ice sheet start a more rapid slide, it would trigger a lot more havoc than a few hulking icebergs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking The Ice | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...markets tank, firms are hit hard. How hard? Last month, a study by investment bank Morgan Stanley estimated that in 2002, the pension liabilities of companies in the FTSE 100 grew from $330 million to over $108 billion in a single year. The corporate pension deficit is causing havoc. U.K. companies with billions in obligations to workers are panicked over losses and confused about how to respond. And investors are fast learning that pension liabilities can reduce or even eliminate the profits of the world's largest corporations. Fortunately for the employees involved, companies do not have to plug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gambling With the Future | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...still-unknown quantity of ricin somewhere in London, fears have increased that the long-dreaded terror attack on the city may be drawing nearer. And experts agree that large numbers of casualties are not needed to meet the terrorists' twisted goals. The spiraling fear factor can wreak havoc as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Poisonous Plot | 1/12/2003 | See Source »

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