Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On the southwestern plains of the U.S., weather as hot and dry as a kitchen stove lid is an accepted part of life. West Texans like to say that when the great deluge flooded the world and Noah took to the ark, West Texas had half an inch of rain...
Town Without Water. All this spells financial disaster for some cattlemen, although there are many who have shored up their financial position out of the huge profits of recent years. Eventually, consumers all over the U.S. will feel the effects. Although beef prices are down at the butcher shops now...
One Real Solution. Secretary Benson is basically against Government price supports and controls, but he approves of them in precisely this kind of situation- to prevent disaster. Said Mormon Apostle Benson: "We will move just as expeditiously as humanly possible. You people don't want handouts, you want help...
"The principle of unity cannot work without sacrifice. No man can do precisely what he wants. The youth of America did not do what they wanted . . . They went because, at a dark hour, you invoked the sacred principle of free world unity to save your country from overwhelming disaster. Of...
Spawned in Chicago's Congress and Auditorium Hotels when sewage got into food rooms and water pipes, it was not detected until at least 1,400 victims had scattered across the U.S., caused close to 100 deaths. (Best-known victim: Nightclub Hostess Texas Guinan.) With earlier detection and better...