Word: wreaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...central character, played by John Colicos, is King Leontes, who unjustly believes himself cuckolded and proceeds to wreak his jealousy on everyone around, even defying the oracle of Delphi. Of Shakespeare's three great studies of jealousy--Leontes, Othello, and Ford--this is the most realistic. Leontes is a neurotic with high blood pressure and fits of paranoia. Whereas Othello's jealousy builds up in a steady crescendo, Leontes' bursts out in white heat at the outset and, feeding on itself, stays at the same level...
...initial strategic strikes by modern jet bombers, intercontinental and intermediate range rockets and missiles, and submarine-launched missiles, will wreak devastation upon both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and upon their chief allies. But does mutual devastation spell mutual defeat? The Soviets answer: no. The priority strikes will destroy the enemy's strategic air and missile bases insofar as these are known. Major cities and industrial centers, on a lower level of priority, will also suffer heavily. Radiological and bacteriological weapons may be used. But this enormous mutual destruction will probably consume the major portion of the respective...
...appeal to the newspapers: "S.O.S., S.O.S. to all Scotsmen . . . Let us prove that Scotsmen can fight for their precious heritage." To 1,000 crofters of both faiths at a mass meeting. Father Morrison stated the case: importing "9,000 aliens" (4,000 soldiers and their families) would wreak havoc with the livestock, tweed, seaweed and egg-packing industries. Said he: "The range will have to be built over our dead bodies." When the Air Ministry showed no disposition to re-roost its rockets, 16 crofters flew to England to harass the aliens on TV. Last week Father Morrison began talking...
Overt & Covert. Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat. Much of it reflected a last wild try to wreak a change in the U.S.'s stand against British-French-Israeli aggression in Suez. "If we all get hot enough under the collar," said the Daily Sketch, "the warmth of the conflict may perhaps penetrate the icy coldness and hostility in Washington...
Fresh from its stinging defeat at the hands of the Cornell freshmen, the Yardling track team will attempt to wreak its vengence upon the Penn freshmen tomorrow afternoon in Philadelphia...