Word: wreaking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...smashed by many an inch the present "world's record" of 6 ft. 8 5/16 in. (held by Harold M. Osborn of Illinois). Should the towering Watusi blackamoors ever send a picked team of runners and jumpers to the Olympic Games, great might be the havoc they could wreak...
...Secondly, that despite the satisfaction given by the Egyptian Government concerning the assassination of Sir Lee Stack, the Chamber regrets to note that the British Government has seen fit to exploit this sad incident for the benefit of its imperialistic aims and to wreak vengeance upon a pacific nation which can only rely upon the justice and right of its cause...
...heroine is described as possessing the "composure of a cobra and the face of six or seven madonnas." This generosity in the matter of faces seems somewhat needless, for she could wreak enough havoc with one. Her actions are at times reminiscent of Cytherea. Thus: "Tony [a youth] drew Angela to him, murmuring huskily. Her eyes were rich with invitation and desire. She resisted him, not only with her white arms, but with all her will, crying softly: 'Don't, Tony! Oh don't, dear boy!' But she was a gardenia, soft and lush and pale...
...bootleggers to stone and petrify rum-runners in their very tracks, Mr. King has set the fashion which undoubtedly will become popular of inventing expressive nick-names of sufficient repulsiveness to apply to nuisances and wrong-doors of every kind. If one is plagued by cigarette borrowers, one can wreak one's vengeance by calling them "ciggabars" or "gottabutts". Or if one's room mate insists on leaving the bath-room door open when the bed-room window is up, one might effectively insult him with the epithet "atmophile", or even in extreme cases "aerodome". The possibilities of this sort...
...Congress, gained strength in the House, but its passage is not conceded in this session. The measure, which passed the Senate by odds of more than 10 to 1, is aimed at the ubiquitous " lame duck" Congressman, who, defeated and repudiated by his constituency, continues long afterward to wreak his will upon legislation. It provides that the President and Vice President shall take office the third Monday in January and that Congress shall be seated the first Monday in January instead of March...