Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...until the bad breaks began to overwhelm the bad sports did a few graceful U.S. instincts take hold. Downhill Racer Pam Fletcher, 25, missed her precious chance, when she crashed the day before the event into a skiing maintenance worker ("like hitting a tree") and broke her leg. After a brief cry, Fletcher was smiling again. "You can't have everything, you know," she said. "Where would you put it?" No American man or woman had ever finished as high as sixth in an Olympic luge, and when Bonny Warner moved up from the eighth position on her final...
...Five years ago, the question was whether or not we had any of our students or faculty working in the schools," says Murphy. "Now the problem is we have so many we have to figure out how not to overwhelm [the schools...
Still, consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the economy. If retail sales slow down much more sharply than expected, that would overwhelm the benefits of increased exports and capital outlays. For that reason, the economists admitted that there is a significant chance of a recession in 1988 -- perhaps 20%. Some experts doubt the economy could withstand another body blow from Wall Street. Says Economist Gerald Holtham of Credit Suisse First Boston in London: "The only thing that could push the U.S. into a recession is another panic sell-off on the stock market that hits consumer confidence...
Nearly two years after Aquino won her war of good against evil, the forces of darkness are again threatening to overwhelm the Philippines. Aquino's once unassailable hold on popular support is slowly slipping, and the country is on the brink of chaos. Though she has painstakingly restored democracy, she has not been able to usher in paradise. Instead, the threat of apocalypse hangs over the Philippines. As Aquino tries to rid the country of the corrupt legacy of Ferdinand Marcos, an increasing number of Filipinos fear that her government is running out of steam. "We expected decency in government...
Every year the World Series comes as a surprise. In Drabowsky's year the Koufax-Drysdale Dodgers were supposed to sweep the Baltimore Orioles, but they got swept instead, with Moe striking out six in a row. This year first the Cardinals were expected to overwhelm the Twins, then the Twins were poised to obliterate the Cardinals. The reverse happened in turn. A grand-slam homer from a lead-off hitter like Minnesota's Gladden qualifies as a marvel, but the home run later hit by Lawless was a miracle...