Word: shattered
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This winter, there are 1.4 million snowmobiles abroad in the land, and the number is growing fast. Nature lovers, insisting that the little vehicles cause damage to the environment and shatter the tranquillity of wilderness regions, have begun pressing for anti-snowmobile legislation. But prospects for effective regulation are poor; the likelihood of an outright ban is nil. Now, however, a study by a Michigan State University professor suggests a more subtle way to deal with the proliferation of the abominable snowmobile (as its foes call it). If it is made thoroughly safe to operate, devotees will get bored...
...took the Crimson 2 minutes and 9 seconds to shatter both illusions at the Tiger's Gothic ice house. By that time, Dave Hynes and Bob Havern had scored within 27 seconds of each other, and Harvard was well on its way to a devastating 9-0 triumph that did much to restore any confidence that the team had lost during the past two weeks...
...protons, each packing a wallop of 28 BeV, which can meet nearly head-on at eight different points where the rings intersect. In those collisions between protons, both particles can be made to come virtually to a dead stop, making use of most of the energy of impact to shatter the particles. In addition, there is a spectacular energy bonus caused by the effects of relativity. Because the velocity of the particles nears the speed of light, their mass increases dramatically. As a result, the 28-BeV protons collide with an energy equivalent to that produced by a conventional accelerator...
Environmentalists argue that oil drilling in the Atlantic could shatter the marine ecology and ruin resort areas, particularly around Long Island and New Jersey. They point ominously to three disastrous oil leaks in recent years, two off Louisiana and one in California's Santa Barbara Channel, which fouled beaches and killed wildlife. In rebuttal, oilmen argue that their record is good: only three major spills from more than 14,000 offshore drilling operations. To that, environmentalists reply that there are countless unreported small leaks that together pump far more pollution into the sea than the big spills...
...Women's Liberation, everyone talks about the inflexibility of male and female roles. In Norway, the government is trying to do something about the situation. An official experiment in equality is intended to shatter the stereotypes of mothers as homemakers and fathers as breadwinners. In the hope of making their marriages happier, a few couples are systematically exchanging roles. Each couple holds a single job, with the husband and wife working alternate weeks. Whichever partner stays home does the housework and looks after the children...