Word: wreaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sister Claire, who has always been in loves with George, Yvonne's husband; George and Yvonne; and a young woman named Madeleine, whom Michael wants to marry but who, it turns out, has also been loved by Michael's father, George. Now such a situation would, without doubt, wreak confusion in even the most rational of families. When you consider, then, that at least two of Cocteau's characters are not only irrational but neurotic, you may get some idea of the frantic tone of this movie...
...criminal career in appealing to the underprivileged masses, they spurned the tactic of infantry legions, and brought lumbering over the roads from Fort Devens (at the risk of putting a few more kinks in Massachusetts' great new highway system) a tank--a weapon that could wreak more havoc against the enemy than they could possibly do to us. The fact that the warden would not let this weapon within his gates (and, incidentally, that it would not fit through the gates) is, we feel sure, only a temporary problem. We congratulate the forward-looking law enforcers of this Commonwealth...
...China's leaders are already tightening controls, increasing rationing measures and trying to prepare against the pressures of starvation. Not bothered with any sense of horror at the prospect of millions dying, they nevertheless must worry about the damage famine would wreak on the precious industrialization program and the problems of internal control it would raise...
Sailors like to tell of unlucky ships, and mystics speak of Egyptian charms which wreak misfortune upon their owners. Local residents might claim that the Lowell House bells are an equal nemesis. If nothing else, they have been roundly cursed by two decades of Harvard undergraduates...
...greater than the good victory could do was the harm that defeat would wreak on the French spirit. Most politicians have already succumbed to the belief that the Indo-China war cannot be won on the field, that it must be ended by negotiation. The French feel trapped in a "heads-you-win, tails-we-lose" position. If Dienbienphu stands fast (as seemed highly possible this week), the price of victory would likely strengthen the voices of those who believe that the Indo-China war costs more than it is worth. Should the fortress fall, there would almost certainly...