Word: overwhelmer
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...heels came disturbing reports of Ethiopian air force planes strafing refugee columns and bombing villages. As makeshift relief camps sprang up and swelled with alarming rapidity on the Sudanese side of the border, yet another specter began to haunt Africa: the threat that the exodus of starving people would overwhelm the meager resources of Sudan, whose population of 21 million already has been increased by 600,000 Ethiopian refugees. Sudan, after all, is also beleaguered by Africa's great drought...
...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...