Word: shatter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush, a moderate on abortion before he embraced the Reagan philosophy 12 years ago, cannot switch back. Another reversal would shatter his support among right-wing voters crucial to his re-election. But he needs centrists like Carol Daniels, 56, a former schoolteacher from Captiva, Fla., who says she was "born a Republican and have been a Republican all my life." Daniels hates being a single-issue voter, but she hates Bush's abortion stand even more. "I'll not vote for him," she says firmly...
...candidate is anointed as front runner, he inevitably triggers enough intense scrutiny from the press, opponents and voters to slow down his surge, at least for a bit. The impeding effect is greatest on candidates about whom the public and press know little, since negative revelations can easily shatter their tenuous popularity. The latest example: Clinton, who was declared a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination before the New Hampshire primary but then was staggered by bombshells about his alleged extramarital affairs, draft status and experiment with marijuana...
Harvard's new president launched an ambitious University-wide planning process this year to decide the school's priorities in preparation for a fund drive that will shatter world records...
Yale, a team with absolutely nothing to lose, came in looking to shatter the Crimson's hopes. The scenario is a familiar one for Harvard having recently slipped by Ivy cellar-dwellers Columbia and Cornell...
...Jeffries veils his vicious lies, and this is what makes him so dangerous. Don't accept Jeffries' claims as fact, or collectively reject them. It is on the field of scholarship that Jeffries chooses to spread his hate, and it is on the field of scholarship that we must shatter his vile lies. "Don't be mad...Be prepared." Don't cite rhymes. Cite facts. George S. Schneiderman...