Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Name's the Same. Rusk, in his first press conference since the Dominican civil war erupted five weeks ago, told Washington newsmen that it had quickly become apparent that "extremist elements were attempting to capitalize on the anarchy and the disorder to seize control." Only "the prompt arrival...
Toll: between $300 and $600 million in property damage, including 50,000 cattle and 5,000,000 homes. More than 12,000 Pakistanis were dead, mostly drowned. It was the worst season since 1960, when two storms a fortnight apart killed 16,000, though it was small compared to the...
> In New York, a Supreme Court jury decided that the death of Hotel and Real Estate Magnate Arnold S. Kirkeby, 60, in an American Airlines jetliner crash had deprived his widow and daughter of $1,172,000 in anticipated earnings. Largest in New York negligence history, the Kirkeby award follows...
"Highlights of the disaster of '64 (a condensation of the Society's 'Election '64' Report) and a summary of the aftermath of the Goldwater experiment will be the major topics covered by the book," Petri added.
Like a character in an oldtime western serial, Real Estate Tycoon William Zeckendorf has ridden his ailing corporate steed, Webb & Knapp, Inc., through a series of cliffhanging adventures and crises. Somehow he has managed to avert disaster each time with an ingenious plan or a daring, last-minute rescue. Last...