Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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¶ President Coolidge received over his special wire from Washington news of the Shenandoah disaster (see Page 31, AERONAUTICS). He made no comment.
International Relief. A "preparatory committee "presented a draft ot a statute for an International Relief Union of which governments and national Red Cross organizations would be members. It woulc coordinate international relief activities so that prompt and efficient relief might be given in case of a national disaster in any...
Now motor competition is entering still another phase, with drastic price cuts by Buick and Studebaker. Makers are now divided into two classes: those who manufacture their car parts, and those who assemble parts purchased from other concerns. Naturally, production costs of the first group are regularly under those of...
"The country is threatened with a disaster wholly unprecedented in its history, and one from which it would not recover for a generation, if ever."
"We have, therefore, carefully estimated the limits of our capacity to pay. It is obvious that a settlement practically impossible to fulfill or one which might cause disaster to the debtor is not desirable for either of us.