Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, possibly in revenge, Univac turned Democrat with a vengeance and predicted a Republican disaster: shortly after 9 p.m., Univac claimed that the Democrats would win a majority of 64 seats in the House and 23 in the Senate.
The tip-off to the whole show comes in the Second Act when a man named Paul Valentine skips around the stage singing "My Fatal Charm." That this number and Mr. Valentine do not have charm and, indeed, are almost loathsome is not a disaster. But Miss Irra Petina, the...
Footwear & Philosophers. At home Russia's new masters have made specific and grandiose promises of more consumer goods, including TV sets and "elegant footwear." The Stalin auto works, which once produced nothing but the huge limousines that Stalin favored, has been converted to the manufacture of plebian bicycles. The...
Cocky Misunderstanding. To the little group of Indian newsmen accompanying him, Nehru said: "The purpose of these talks is to remove dislike, suspicion and fear of each other . . . The Chinese response is good." One newsman asked: "Is the purpose to make China acceptable to the rest of the world?" Nehru...
Middle-Age Spread. With time out for a World War I stint overseas in the field artillery (he came out a private first class), Curtice rapidly rose to AC assistant general manager, vice president, and, at 36, president. Then, in 1933, came an opportunity born of disaster. General Motors'...