Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lead to Kenya. The fighting and dying along the country's borders have driven tens of thousands of starving civilians to a desperate march toward Kenya's reception centers and camps. New arrivals -- including skeletal children separated from their parents -- are crowding in at a rate that threatens to overwhelm both local and international relief organizations...
Perhaps the large number of applications would overwhelm a student group. But read the following description of SAC found in the Foundation's booklet: "[SAC's] primary responsibility is to review student grant requests and award funding with the approval of the Faculty Advisory Committee." It's not too much to expect SAC to perform its "primary responsibility" in a thorough and respectable manner...
...trust of all the Ethiopian people. But the young President is determined not to be diverted from his political priorities, even if each step forward is followed by multiple steps backward. "Democracy is the only way to unify the country," he insists. And if ethnic or economic problems overwhelm this unorthodox venture, sending Ethiopia the way of Yugoslavia? Then that too will be an exercise in democracy. For if the grand experiment fails, it will be the choice -- and fault -- of all Ethiopians...
This interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is a solid rendition of the oft-performed favorite. While the production does not overwhelm, it does feature several good acting performances and excellent direction by Elijah Siegler. Siegler utilizes the unique design of the Leverett Old Library to his advantage--he has actors enter and exit from five different doors, located above and below the main stage and behind the audience...
...integral part of The Sweating Door Alarm. For example, the gray wall which serves as a backdrop is used to the fullest. Initially a wall of TV screens, it is transformed into a starry sky, covered in tin foil and used as an elevator. This set does not overwhelm the audience, but coaxes them into believing...