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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though government communiqués spoke darkly of their old bogey, the neo-fascist Movement of Nationalist Revolution, the President faced far more deep-seated and widespread opposition than the M.N.R. For over three months he had been trying without success to get other democratic parties to join with his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Siege | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

The introduction of the joke at the beginning of the movie is its funniest part. An atmosphere of disaster grips the small island of Todday in the Hebrides: old men stare blankly, seeing no future in their lives, young men walk glumly through the streets, and children huddle in dark...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/6/1950 | See Source »

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