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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir Giles not only lived with that edict but, by putting the plane on BOAC's well-promoted transatlantic service, he helped turn the craft into one of the company's biggest moneymakers. The feat only emboldened buy-British forces, who got added ammunition from the crash of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Brickbats at BOAC | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

Instead, NASA officials have channeled their energy and funds almost exclusively into the prevention of space mishaps, providing spacecraft with redundant systems to take over the functions of those that fail. But the near disaster encountered by the wildly gyrating Gemini 8 and the tragic deaths of the Apollo astronauts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rescue Service for Astronauts | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

To prevent another such disaster, the space officials said they were working on a new Apollo escape hatch that could be opened in two seconds in a ground emergency. Less flammable materials are also being studied for space suits and the spacecraft interior. As a further precaution, the Apollo cabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Locking the Fire Doors | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

disaster spreads herself to disappear --

Author: By Patrick Odonnell, | Title: The Island | 3/7/1967 | See Source »

The Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture was disappointing despite occasional flashes. Runs which used to spell disaster for the strings were clean, and the horns were the best I've ever heard them. But the performance as a whole was dead; the woodwinds trod on the opening with an...

Author: By Robert S. Coren, | Title: HRO | 3/6/1967 | See Source »

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