Word: shatter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second pane--the one that deters women from taking up elected leadership positions on the council--and to do that will require that we all work on ourselves. The council cannot fix its glass ceiling problem all by itself; as a reflection of society, we must all work to shatter the glass ceiling by breaking within ourselves the traditional notions of gender. Until then, no matter how hard the council itself tries, it will consistently be off-track...
...personal accomplishments, Harvard has already seen senior swingman Mike Gilmore break the 1,000 point plateau and shatter the school's three-point record...
...sisters and their mistress seem to change totally from one minute to the next. By thrusting the audience into this complex psychological game without telling us the rules, Genet is able to communicate the sheer strangeness of the sisters' inner lives; some act of violence seems necessary to shatter the feverish atmosphere...
Deservedly so. His Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark, the kind of good fellow who can shatter his competitor's nose and with a casually aimed shot nip a sliver off his scalp, in the process neither raising his voice nor losing his shy little smile. He's a much neater operative than Pulp's Vinnie. And his drug of choice is much less threatening; it's old movies. For he's also the kind of film geek who can identify Rio Bravo from a few snippets overheard on the TV set in another room, or mouth...
While intensely embarrassing, the hidden deals won't shatter Daiwa, the world's 13th largest bank (Barings ranked 474th). Its $197 billion in assets can easily absorb Iguchi's losses. Even after writing them off, Daiwa expects to report a $70 million profit for the six months that ended on Sept. 30. Yet Daiwa's 30 or so top officers, in a form of self-imposed wrist slaps, will take pay cuts of up to 30% for six months and will forgo their annual bonuses. The bank itself sold $336 million worth of real estate in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima...