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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Los Angeles came down last week with the worst case of that chronic big-city ailment, smog. Though usually its immediate effects are only smarting eyes and sore throats, smog can have serious indirect consequences, including traffic accidents, respiratory trouble, possible (though not proved) influence on lung cancer. Scientists measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Fight Radicals | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

FLOOD-STRICKEN INDUSTRY in the Northeastern states will get defense contracts. Defense Mobilizer Arthur Flemming has directed Government agencies to channel new contracts to disaster areas wherever possible, thus make more jobs in undamaged factories.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 12, 1955 | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

Gone With the Otter. Because the Northwest Indians worked in perishable wood, horn and fiber, few of their surviving carved objects are more than 150 years old. But ironically, this probably is no great loss. Initial contact with the white man, which spelled cultural disaster elsewhere, had a tonic effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: THE BIG SPENDERS | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

As eight Atlantic states staggered out from the most costly floods in U.S. history last week, underwriters reported that insurance will cover only 5 to 10% of losses totaling $1.6 billion. Worst hit were railroads, industrial plants, cities and houses, most of which were massively insured against every disaster but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLOOD INSURANCE: Underwriters Keep Their Feet Dry | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

In his vacation headquarters at Fraser, Colo., President Eisenhower declared six Eastern states disaster areas and ordered federal relief. Swarms of helicopters and Army amphibious "ducks" were pressed into action. In one dramatic helicopter rescue, a fleet of whirlybirds rescued 235 passengers on a stranded Lackawanna Railroad train in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Tempest | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

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