Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Greatest Catastrophe." Few U. S. citizens appeared to realize the extent of the flood disaster. During the last fortnight, indeed, the flood did not enjoy a "good press." The Snyder-Gray trial and the Lindbergh transatlantic flight elbowed it onto the inside pages of many a newspaper. Nevertheless, observers united...
Millions of words have been written about the flood; most of them endlessly reiterating news of thousands homeless, of counties and parishes inundated, left readers with a deep but vague impression of the great disaster. Had a reporter explored the flood area with an eye to specific highlights, notes for...
Perhaps the most delightful feature of M. Maurois' style is his refreshing use of similes. For a haphazard example: "Just as occupants of a motorcar, seeing themselves driven to certain disaster by a drunken driver, from a sentiment of honour do not intervene to mitigate his speed so Renaudin's...
Although the Japanese fiscal panic (TIME, April 18) caused the Emperor to authorize all banks to close for three weeks (TIME, May 2), most Tokyo banks opened last week voluntarily, displaying huge piles of bank notes on their counters to convince depositors that all who wanted it could withdraw spot...
*Germany and the U. S. are not represented. *First three letters of the French word panne, meaning "difficulty." The English flying term, "pancake," a verb describing a method of coming to earth with supporting surfaces of the ship flattened to retard the descent and prevent somersaulting, does not connote disaster...