Word: mayhemic
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...remember how we got to this point in 'Michael Collins', Neil Jordan's earnest (though not always historically accurate) tale of the brilliant military mind with a 'talent for mayhem' (Liam Neeson) who virtually invented modern urban guerilla warfare and liberated at least the southern portion of the Emerald Isle from British rule. Don't worry about the history part--the fudges are minor, and it's great fun to watch as Neeson fights the British for Ireland and Aidan Quinn for the love of Julia Roberts...
...when you link a fantasy culture to the wondrous American inventory of guns, you may now and then get a little terrorist. Guns fire vicious daydreams into the actual. Squint and point, and one magic trigger-finger's twitch, the merest spasm of impulse, may send the world into mayhem. That is a power so seductive that it might even have a little Satan...
...Mascot Mayhem...
Though rocker TOMMY LEE's alleged beating of his wife PAMELA was shocking--theirs had been a love unusually well documented--it may have been foretold by his stomach, which is tattooed with the word MAYHEM. Lee's injuries included a bloody broken nail and red welts on her back. She says her husband (who is not only on parole but is also up on other charges) has a history of domestic violence. He made bail but was ordered to stay away from home. She intends to prosecute him and has filed, again, for divorce...
...scene has been described as mayhem, as explosive and combative, but no single word can convey the energy and the determination--both of the students and the enforcement officials--that overwhelmed the campus after the Blue Devil's victory over the Tar Heels...