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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another Disaster. Giant doctors shot him full of novocain and cortisone, sent him back for the second half. Tittle tried another screen pass. This time "Big Ed" O'Bradovich, a 6-ft. 3-in., 255-lb. end, picked it off and lumbered to the Giant 14. Quarterback Wade scored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: Taste for Honey | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

Partition of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish sectors, which is proposed by Turkey and kutchuk, with the division of the island and the uprooting of the population, would be a disaster, Such a partition would wreck for years any hope of economic improvement, destroy what political stability the island has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Cyprus for Cypriotes | 1/8/1964 | See Source »

While Carvalho Pinto was talking confidence to businessmen, Goulart gave a magazine interview warning of an impending "social disaster of catastrophic consequences," an interview that sent the cruzeiro tumbling (presently 1,220 to the dollar). While Carvalho Pinto called for austerity, Goulart gave the green light to hire more government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: On the Edge of the Abyss | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

Captain's Retort. In Funchal, many of the survivors bitterly accused the Lakonia's crew of cowardice, panic and incompetence in the face of the disaster. One woman charged that she found a Greek crewman looting her cabin when she went to get her life jacket, and another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Seas: The Last Voyage of the Lakonia | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

Consumers, too, set new records all year-but then they almost always do. Unless frightened by war or major disaster, the U.S. shopper year in and year out lays, out a steady 93% of all he keeps after taxes to buy the goods and services he is convinced he needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Surprisingly Good Year | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

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