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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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One foggy twilight last week, New York radio stations suddenly stopped broadcasting and the air was filled with SOS calls. While radio listeners wondered what the silence might portend, there was administered in the outer reaches of New York Harbor what might be called perfect disaster treatment. It began when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: All Hands Saved | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Twice again during the week disaster struck at New York, but twice again was parried.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: All Hands Saved | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

The association of these two events must at once arouse a storm of skeptical inquiries. Even the optimist cannot dream of advances in naval science which will assure perfect safety beneath the water. There-has been during the two years just elapsed, however, time for considerable progress towards this goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAFETY-FIRST | 12/18/1929 | See Source »

"The past year brought disaster to many of our people. The Mediterranean fruit fly, invading the State of Florida, threatens to cause a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Jefferson Invoked | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

Undaunted by pooling bankers, the big and now successful Bears made Monday, Oct. 28, a day of fresh disaster. Over the weekend many an investor had fully realized the necessity for an immediate exit from the market. Thus the session, opening with an accumulation of selling orders, both amateur and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bankers v. Panic | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

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