IN THE PUBLIC-HEALTH field, there have long been two schools of thought on derailing violence.
The move could blunt criticism that Schweizer is a right-leaning partisan intent on derailing Clinton's campaign.
But Mr. Qadri's sudden arrival on the political scene has also brought worries that he represents the interests of forces bent on derailing Pakistan's fragile democratic order.
A reader, James McCarthy, wrote to me asking if The Times "might have been duped by those intent on derailing President Raab's candidacy for the CUNY chancellorship".
Federal prosecutors have portrayed him as a deliberate saboteur, consciously bent on derailing the auction — an open-and-shut federal offense.
Drew Barrymore excels at all age levels as Beverly D'Onofrio, a 1960's teenager with a baby and a future that keeps on derailing well into her 30's.
Anna Chlumsky and Zach Woods play aides intent on derailing each other's careers; Mr. Woods's character is named Chad, which gives rise to the obvious joke.
The news themes that have presented our moderators with the biggest challenges this year have been refugees, terrorism and Russia, all targeted by orchestrated campaigns intent on derailing discussion.
Republican lawmakers are bent on derailing reform by any means necessary, including starving regulatory budgets, impeding the confirmation of regulatory nominees and pressing regulators to adopt light-touch rules.
The governor had staked his political career on derailing what he calls "Obamacare," and his abrupt reversal did not endear him to conservatives in Florida or in the Legislature.
