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Word: disrupting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...feud turned into something of a national spectator sport, with innumerable tales of shouting matches and table thumpings at staff meetings. Peres was not only guilty of "exaggerated pretensions," Rabin later charged in his memoirs, but also of "trying to disrupt the workings of the government" and even of "lies and untruths." Peres was somewhat more circumspect in his criticism. But after the dramatic Israeli raid on Entebbe in 1976, the Defense Minister let it be known that Rabin had been "forced" by the Cabinet to authorize the raid. Peres privately spread the word that he considered Rabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Struggle of Peres and Rabin | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

Prepared before the October outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, the study singles out a conflict between those two nations as the "most likely" event to disrupt U.S. oil supplies from the Middle East, David Deese, assistant to the director of the CSIA and a co-editor of the book, said Wednesday...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Nye Book Suggests Plans To Cut Oil Vulnerability | 12/12/1980 | See Source »

...Danehy argued that lotteries often create incurable gamblers and disrupt family life. "I hear they have clinics now for lottery-holics," he said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: City to Consider Municipal Lottery | 11/25/1980 | See Source »

...groups of white parents and students stood near South Boston High to shower rocks and bottles on busloads of Black students arriving from Roxbury. With the official encouragement of dozens of politicians, groups like ROAR (Restore Our Alienated Rights) and the South Boston Marshals did their best to disrupt the city with their rhetoric of race-hatred and neighborhood-pride...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Throwing Rocks | 11/25/1980 | See Source »

...like a black-caped villain lurking in the shadows, a Yale defender stands ready to disrupt any Harvard offensive thrust. He goes by the menacing name of Keven Czinger, and he plays middle guard for the Elis. A three-year varsity starter, Czinger will play opposite sophomore Harvard center John Francis, a fourth-stringer before injuries felled the Crimson's three top men at the position. Francis has played admirably, but Czinger might prove too tough. The absence of Yale's leading tackler, linebacker Jeff Roher, who broke an ankle two7CrimsonNevin I. ShalitHarvard captain and defensive tackle CHUCK DURST...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

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