Word: tore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...depend on radar equipment that runs on World War II-type vacuum tubes. This creaking system is dangerously prone to breakdowns. In one notorious instance in the winter of 1988, the radar sentinel in North Carolina was out of service for 10 days, during which a batch of tornadoes tore up the state, injuring 157 people, killing four and wreaking $77 million worth of damage...
Injuries have continued to haunt Jones. Last Christmas break, she tore a tendon in her knee. She failed to qualify for nationals in cross country and would not don a Crimson jersey again, constantly aggravating the injury during spring workouts. But Jones does not feel these injuries signal the end of her running career...
While the heavyweight crews tore up the river in New Hampshire, the varsity lightweight four continued its undefeated season by posting a victory at Worcester. Radcliffe finished with open water ahead of three other schools: Connecticut College, University of Albany and Holy Cross...
...wrote back. "You corrected an error on my return? Getcho hands off my return!" Then I tore that up and sent, instead, a meek request that they identify my error. Call it a sixth sense I have for dealing with bureaucracy...
...York City. Police were trying to enforce an unpopular curfew on Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park, and hundreds of protesters had gathered on Aug. 6, 1988. Without warning, a wave of cops tore into the crowd and began clubbing and kicking demonstrators and bystanders alike. A video artist taped scenes that became key evidence in a trial of five officers. Though none were convicted, the top cop at the park that evening retired, and the police commissioner publicly criticized the actions of New York's finest as leading to unnecessary confrontations...