Word: overwhelm
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...crossexamination, the dour Mardian came on strong. He tried to overwhelm Assistant Special Prosecutor Jill Wine Volner by sneering contemptuously at her questions. To one, he replied: "Go ahead and make a speech, Mrs. Volner." When she asked a follow-up question, he shot back: "Do you want me to say yes-yes?" Ignoring rebukes from Judge Sirica, Mardian frequently turned to the jury to deliver his own version of the evidence...
...network programs, cover the 1976 Olympics, and discuss athletic issues on a new magazine-type program. ABC'S veteran sports announcer, Howard, was on hand to welcome Billie Jean. Just to make sure nobody got the impression that he was afraid of a newcomer whose vinegary ripostes may overwhelm his own from-the-battlefield style of reportage, he stepped over and gave Billie Jean a kiss...
...longer. Assuming Nixon is alive five or six years from now, a combination of public sympathy, intervening news events and general Watergate amnesia might leave him a scathed but grudgingly respected political leader. Or, if Nixon is correct, a sudden surge of gratitude for his foreign policy "successes" will overwhelm lingering doubts about his Watergate "misjudgments...
...varsity heavyweight eight was the undisputed national collegiate champion. After trouncing all opposition en route to an undefeated regular season, the heavies captured the Eastern Sprints title. The Crimson went on to overwhelm Intercollegiate Rowing Association champ Wisconsin and handily defeat the University of Washington, the Western Sprints champ, to put to rest all claims that it was not the best in the land. The meeting between the Eastern and Western Sprint champions was billed as the first real race for the national heavyweight title. Although many critics doubted whether Harvard could hold its own against the Huskies, stroke...
...Trinity Church also received extensive damages because of the flow of mud beneath its wooden foundations. The Hancock company agreed to pay for the repairs. Various construction accidents, including a broken stained-glass window and a damaged roof, caused one enraged Trinity parishioner to comment to Time, "First they overwhelm us. Now they are trying to destroy...