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Word: shattering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Guinness Book of World Records. Bobo Brazil, for example, the ever-popular champ, has a skull that is reputed to be four inches thick. He inflicts a torture known as the 'Coco-butt' upon his terrorized victims. By smashing his oversized cranium against theirs, he is able to shatter loose bits of bone which drift into their brain over succeeding months. The lucky ones become basket cases. Others bleed from their ears and lose all control over their bowel function...

Author: By Nick Eberstadt, | Title: Some Notes on Big-Time Wrestling | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

...critical of Jerusalem's sometimes insensitive administration of the West Bank communities. Writing in the Tel Aviv newspaper Yediot Aharonot, Zvi Al Peleg, former occupation commander of Nablus and the Gaza Strip, noted: "The stones thrown will not drive Israel out of the area. But perhaps they will shatter some illusions about our being the wisest and best conquerors in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Wrangling Over The West Bank | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...shuttle was also designed to be comfortable. Its spacious three-level cabin will provide ample room for seven, including pilot and copilot, to move around in shirtsleeve comfort in an earthlike pressure and atmosphere. It also contains enough amenities to shatter any sex barriers to space travel. "We've been asked if we would be able to fly women," said one NASA official. "The last guy who said no got fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Commuting in Space | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

Those dreams of Ivy glory that seemed to shatter along with Jim Kubacki's shoulder on the artificial turf of Franklin Field are now residing with Harvard's head football trainer and the number two quarterback...

Author: By Williame Stedman, | Title: Rock Steady | 11/7/1975 | See Source »

...good to shatter every racist idea they have; it helps your own ego," he said "but you can't play into the stereotype...

Author: By Mercedes A. Laing, | Title: Black Students at Harvard: A Problem Of Image | 10/10/1975 | See Source »

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