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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's basketball team encounters Bill Bradley and four guys named "Hey-you" at Princeton tonight--and the result is likely to be disaster.

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Quintet Visits Bradley and Company At Start of Season's Worst 2 Weeks | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

The night of the election, as other Republicans watched in horror, Ripon members set up an elaborate communications center in the basement of a Cambridge inn. Monitoring calls from contacts in 31 states--including Milton Eisenhower and the office of Pennsylvania's Governor Scranton--the Society rapidly compiled a detailed...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Ripon Society Owes Its Success To the Enemy, Sen. Goldwater | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

Should disaster threaten in spite of all precautions, try to relax, go limp and let yourself fall gently. However, Dr. Manson admits that such sang-froid "takes practice."

Author: By John A. Mcginnis, | Title: Formula for Skiing Weekends Without Tears | 2/11/1965 | See Source »

Brought before Vespasian, Josephus pleaded for his life by relating a dream he had had: Vespasian would become Emperor of Rome. Vespasian was so delighted by the news that he set Josephus up in style and provided him with a wife; in turn, Josephus spent the rest of the war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Survivor | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

Waves of personal disaster strike down otherwise exceptional students...

Author: By Jonathan Schell, | Title: The Real Harvard | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

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