Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of allowing the change in plans to overwhelm her, the Highlands, Col. native responded in what is now known as typical Robin Johnston fashion. After receiving an inbound pass, Johnston took a few quick dribbles, fired a shot on goal and scored...
...primeval forests, alien spacecraft and New York City brownstones. The shifting patterns of light chase M around and dance with her in a malevolent pas de deux, whimsically trapping her and letting her go as her mood shifts from hope to despair. The light and sound join forces to overwhelm M, sometimes leaving her a helpless lump on the floor...
...million people in the U.S. are believed to be infected with the virus, the national AIDS medical bill is expected to soar to between $4.5 billion and $8.5 billion a year by 1991. Moreover, the demand for outpatient services, nursing homes and housing for AIDS patients is expected to overwhelm health care systems in the hardest-hit cities...
...greatest breakthrough since Daguerre's silver-coated copper photographic plate. With Sony's still-video camera, photographers could instantly display their snapshots on ordinary TV screens. But when it finally came out in 1987 with a price tag of about $7,000, the product did not exactly overwhelm the marketplace. Except in a few specialized applications in business and journalism, the filmless camera virtually disappeared...
...business side of the paper but to make him a better editor. "Editors need to be involved with people in other departments to win their support for the content," he explains. "A lot of journalists feel that the journalistic significance of what we do ought to overwhelm any other consideration. Well, that's not very realistic...