Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clean up their rooms or to perform any other onerous task, small boys around the U.S. nowadays are likely to whip a plastic sword out of their He-Man brand pants and shout, "By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!" The incantation may not overwhelm parents. But when uttered daily on after-school TV by the hero of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, it has proved puissant enough to capture the attention of more little boys than any other television show in America. He-Man power has sold $500 million in toys made...
Florida officials, though, are worried about the impact of Levitt's new town. They say that such a massive project would overwhelm water, sewer and other local services. But the master builder is undeterred. Says he: "Bear in mind that we're veterans in this business...
After displaying a large Dartmouth banner, the eager frosh attempted to maul the Harvard Band but were restrained by security personnel. Several vain attempts to build up enough momentum to overwhelm the guards failed, and the Dartmouth class of '88 contented itself with some derisive jeers and returned to its seats...
...that Americans don't like to remember too much, that the images of today obscure the truths of the past. Some commentators insist that Mondale's surge comes too late, that it follows too disjointed a campaign; and that the memory of the Reagan of September will overwhelm those of Mr. October. But for the past week, each of the evening newscasts has begun with pictures of Mondale as a self-assured, confident man acting like a winner and, the reporters tell us, with some reason. Mondale, thanks to these images, is well on his way to recapturing the closet...
...depicted in Genesis 1, and the second Adam, depicted in Genesis 2. The first Adam boldly subdues the earth, while the second Adam humbly quests for God. Both Adams exist within each person and are mandated by God, Soloveitchik holds, but in modern times the first Adam threatens to overwhelm the second, and has even become "demonic." When the second Adam begins to speak the language of faith, writes the Rav, he "finds himself lonely, forsaken, misunderstood, at times even ridiculed by Adam the first, by himself...