Word: wreaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upheld the complaint of two women who transferred to the University of Connecticut, took up residence there, registered to vote and got drivers' licenses, but still had to pay $625 per semester as against $175 for state residents. If universally applied, equality of payment would wreak havoc in many state universities, but the Supreme Court did not go that far. While not officially ruling on the broad issue, Justice Potter Stewart declared: "We fully recognize that a state has a legitimate interest in protecting and preserving the quality of its colleges and universities and the right...
...significance. Marvin is the soiled knight striving after honor, Borgnine the dark primitive force he must conquer. Aldrich's idea of making his stereotypes into mythic archetypes is to pump them up with hot air. When Borgnine and Marvin finally lock in combat they seem less likely to wreak havoc than to simply deflate each other...
...nymphet whose sleek beauty and poise draw him all the way to her Minnesota home--and to a hurried divorce from Lila. Lenny's main obstacle to winning Kelly's hand is her father, terrifying portrayed by Eddie Albert, a sort of Old Testament God who threatens to wreak an "ass kicking" on Lenny if he doesn't leave the schikse alone and return to his own kind. But Lenny is persistent, and he finally weds his bride, managing a triumphant grin at the Protestant minister...
DUNLOP IS HONESTLY concerned that exorbitant Union demands would wreak havoc on a Faculty budget that has only this year edged back into the black. On a less statesman-like level, he is undoubtedly also fearful that the Union would erode his strength in dealing with his Faculty constituency. But his refusal to publicly recognize the Union and its legitimate concerns has seemingly gained him nothing and helped to insure that it will be around to plague him for some time to come...
...loudest complaints are coming from farmers. Fuki Moki, 48, whose ancestral patch of land lies near Mount Takago Natural Monkey Park south of Tokyo, says that the macaques wreak havoc in his onions and beans. "They also tear up my mushrooms and throw them around just for the hell of it -without even trying to eat them." Moki's next-door neighbor, Haruji Kenmoto, 65, estimates that engai damage cost him $6,000 last year. "Sometimes they even come indoors and bare their teeth at the children," he says. "It scares the daylights out of them." One macaque climbed...