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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Teamsters can vote. Perhaps this is the cause of the disaster. Maybe enough of them haven't voted in the past.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

Like Whitten, newsmen from other Dallas radio and TV stations helped make last week's devastating storm what one scientist called "the best-documented tornado in history." As the whirling funnel gouged a path through the city from southeast to northwest, killing ten, injuring 200 and causing a $4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Closeup of a Twister | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

The depicted episodes of Rommel's career only demonstrate the stern yet cavalier character the public expects in a military hero, and leave his brilliance unsung. They are held together by the conflict between his professional conscience and personal consciousness. Rommel, who believed, "My function in life...to carry out...

Author: By Claude Nuzum, | Title: The Desert Fox | 4/10/1957 | See Source »

"Even if we want the consumers and taxpayers to continue bearing this burden, can we expect them to acquiesce? I believe their reaction to this federal budget shows they are waking up. I believe that, more and more, efficient cotton growers will accept the proposition of a gradual reduction in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: A Place to Prune | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

"You are villains in a plot against your patients," a crusading Boston surgeon told a gathering of colleagues in Washington last week. Continued Dr. Carl Waldemar Walter: "Because of your negligence, 90% of the nation's hospitals are a menace to health. You should clean up the operating rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dirty Hospitals? | 4/1/1957 | See Source »

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