Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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*A seaplane with, motor going is seaworthy enough. But without propulsive force, a seaplane is much worse off than an ordinary boat. The wind at any moment may catch the vast expanse of wings, bringing capsizal and disaster.
There are three exciting adventures now in progress, according to Professor Davis, which if successful will revolutionize the transformation of heat into power, which is the basis of all mechanical. engineering. The development of a steam pressure of 1200 pounds to the square inch, or over four times the maximum...
If we do not disarm, other nations will not disarm either. They are arming in self-defence as we are. And another war will be inevitable, a war which will mean complete disaster.
Here are two choices; on the one hand we risk foreign domination, on the other we risk nothing--we are sure of disaster. Let us risk domination and use our wealth and influence to set up a centralized authority which will enforce peace.
The most pretentious and in many ways the funniest burlesque is "The True Story of the Herrin Massacre" as recounted by Bruce Blithers. This blithe gentleman attributes the disaster to an error of philology.