Word: mayhemic
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Though U.S. officials viewed much of the looting as the last spasm of a dying age, the mayhem did promise to complicate the urgent reconstruction campaign. When civilian authorities make their way into Baghdad, they will be setting up shop in offices and hospitals that for the most part were carefully spared by U.S. bombers but were emptied of every last desk chair by people so poor, they looted the garbage. In Basra thieves wrecked equipment in the electrical booster stations, which in turn cut off the water supply once again. The headquarters of the company that oversees...
...Whoever it was, his objective was clear: mayhem. "He wanted to frighten us," Amjad said. "And to show the Americans that Baghdad is not yet safe, not for them, not for anybody...
Finally, Saddam could attempt to negotiate his departure. In this scenario, he would go through the motions of preparing for a horrible final battle, then leave the door open at the last minute for a deal: all the mayhem could be avoided, he would let it be known, if he were allowed to leave. "He shows every sign he's prepared to unleash the apocalypse to make us believe it's better to let him go than for us to go get him," says the military officer. Such an outcome could give Saddam bragging rights in the Arab world...
...soon as we got out, there were thousands of people out there, and TV cameras everywhere—absolute mayhem,” said Wayne Pommen ’02, the captain of Harvard’s heavyweight crew last year. “You’d never see anything like that at a U.S. college rowing event...
...Theatre into the parodied Victorian England of The Sorceror. The duo’s first full-length operetta, also known as “The Elixir of Love,” follows “John Wellington Wells, a dealer in magic and spells” as he causes mayhem with his love potions in true Gilbert and Sullivan style. Though the show pokes fun at the outdated Victorian values of its time, the fresh and lighthearted score can still charm and entertain modern audiences. Through Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets $12 in advance, $10 at the door...