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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coach Marion has premonitions of disaster. "They just aren't practicing enough," he said.

Author: By George M. Flesh, | Title: Fencers Face Holy Cross In First Encounter Today | 11/30/1966 | See Source »

Doctored Script. But, as Merrick says, "Disaster always lurks around the corner in this business." And right off, disaster struck. Cass closed after 20 performances and lost $75,000. Castle crumbled after nine performances and dropped $80,000. Don't Drink almost drowned during out-of-town tryouts, required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: Who's Afraid of David Golightly? | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

Holly's difficulties are still farther from solution. Right off, Writers Nunnally Johnson and Sidney Michaels failed to get a-fix on the heroine-played by Mary Tyler Moore (of TV's Dick Van Dyke Show)-so Director Abe Burrows (Cactus Flower) tried a re-adaptation. In Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: Who's Afraid of David Golightly? | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

Ironic Help. Some studios now derive as much as a third of their income from TV. Not only do they produce TV series, but to satisfy insatiable TV they are selling off rights to more and more recent films. Movies fill prime time five nights a week and will soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainment: New Gold in the Hollywood Hills | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

The Europeans are complaining about a preliminary list of 26 safety requirements, passed around by the U.S. Department of Commerce to give importers an idea of what the coming federal standards will be like. Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has warned that for some automakers the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: New Front for the Safety Furor | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

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