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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, with just 3:02 remaining in the final period, Yale seemed a certain winner as it moved to the Princeton 29-yard line. A 15-yard penalty forced the Elis to punt, and then disaster struck. Walt Kozumbo, the Princeton captain, blocked Bob Kenney's punt and then wiped...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Indians, Princeton Rally To Keep Ivy Race in Tie | 11/15/1966 | See Source »

Since mid-September, the hot, arid "Santa Ana winds" had whistled westward through the mountain passes half a dozen times, raising Los Angeles temperatures to unseasonable levels, unnerving residents, roasting the hillside shrubs and trees until they were tinder dry. As the winds rose once again last week, the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meteorology: California's III Wind | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

Lotsa tararara here. All about shooting multimillion-dollar movie epic. Called Helen of Troy. Greek island location. Nine million-dollar budget. Already $5,000,000 over that. Disaster. Fault of Superstar Margaret Dayton. She disappears. How to render Margaret: get the way she fills the blue jeans. Banal but central...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short Notices: Nov. 11, 1966 | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

That night, looking as if she had taken a direct hit in battle, the 42,000-ton Oriskany limped across the South China Sea, bound for Subic Bay in the Philippines. Shortly after she docked there, honor guards from her crew carried away a seemingly endless line of flag-draped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Agony of the Oriskany | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

Having muffed its chance to prevent disaster cheaply, the Lebanese government drafted a law allocating $17 million to pay off Intra's small depositors. Then at last it began considering how to strengthen the supervision of its banks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Day the Doors Closed | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

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