Word: short-circuited
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...Stones. All those rancid rock memoirs (the most recent by Angela Bowie) detailing decadences of years past -- sometimes decades past -- that grow drearier with each retelling, antique outrages that have lost the power to shock. Longevity in rock is an elusive thing, and predictability is one sure way to short-circuit it; academic respectability is another...
...terrible gauntlet that presidential campaigns have become. The system by which Americans choose their Presidents may seem irrational and demeaning, with its emphasis on TV and trivia, but no one has yet figured out how to improve on it in this age of weakened political parties. By trying to short-circuit the process, Perot gave the impression that he wasn't really serious...
What next? The entire point of the Meech Lake accord was to bring Quebec into the reformed 1982 constitution the province had refused to sign. Another goal was to short-circuit Quebec's up-and-down aspirations to break away from confederation in favor of separate nationhood. To those ends, Mulroney and Bourassa had supported the "distinct society" clause as the means to preserve Quebec's French language and culture, a deep concern among the province's 6.5 million residents. Seven other provincial premiers agreed, with varying degrees of reluctance...
...University's decision started to look more reasonable this week, as a federal judge rejected Merrill Lynch's first attempt to short-circuit the case...
...Europe, including Poland, between them. A few weeks after signing the agreement, the Red Army rolled into a Poland already prostrate from the German blitzkrieg. The Soviets deported thousands of Poles--including 14,500 officers--to Russian labor camps. Their motives are not difficult to discern; they wished to short-circuit any future Polish leadership...