Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The worst single disaster struck Stroudsburg, Pa., in the Pocono Mountains, where the usually gentle Brodhead Creek rose 30 terrifying feet in 15 minutes, left more than 50 dead. At Camp Davis, a religious retreat, 31 of 40-odd campers, nearly all of them women and children, were dead or...
But though Syngman Rhee's bluff had been called, he had not been silenced. "Our very good friend, President Eisenhower," he said, "believes that he has found another kind of peace-peace of mutual forbearance, in which each nation pursues its own aims in every way short of armed...
At 55, Mirza. a whisky drinker and a heavy cigarette smoker, loathes intrigue and is staunchly loyal to those who trust him. Says he of Pakistan's politicians: "They are mostly crooks and scalawags." Last year when, as Governor of East Bengal, he worked titanically amid the flood disaster...
As the biggest sponsor of U.S. auto racing, the American Automobile Association has backed everything from the annual 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway classic to midget races on 1-mile tracks. Lately, however, the A.A.A.'s top brass has been worried by the sport's mounting cost in human...
Agriculture. The interest on farm-disaster loans was reduced from 5% to 3%. Democratic efforts to reinstate high, rigid farm supports were beaten.