Word: shatteringly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...instrument, developed in West Germany and Austria, is now making this surgery obsolete in many cases. The percutaneous nephroscope allows doctors to remove stones through a tiny opening in the patient's back or to shatter them into harmless fragments with bombardments of sound waves. Introduced in the U.S. in the fall of 1981, the technique is being used by more than a dozen major medical centers around the country...
...country's public institutions and private businesses owe an estimated $87 billion to foreign creditors, $67 billion of it to banks. As TIME's Board of Economists met last week, some were fearful that the cash-strapped South American nation would default, an event that could shatter the increasingly fragile international banking system. The possibility sent world financial leaders scrambling to prevent a crisis...
...fact, the Harvard goalie hasn't had to make many saves at all, thanks to the backfield play of Ellen O'Neill. Toby Carroll, Mullen and Maureen Finn. The defensive unit has played together for more than a year now, and its strength, size and experience shatter opposing offenses...
...queen with a head cold," Toddy sniffles as he contemplates being down and out in Paris, 1934. He has just lost his job in a gay nightclub, his lover has left him, and his new roommate, Victoria (Julie Andrews), is a singer with a voice that can shatter glass but not the indifference of booking agents...
Wayne Gretzky scored three goals in the third period last night to shatter Phil Esposito's league mark of 76 goals in a season and help the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. The goals were Gretzky's 77th, 78th, and 79th. "I'm glad I got it: it's a tremendous feeling," Gretzky said after the game...