Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Election night in Maryland was an incredible disaster. A power failure shut down voting machines in Hagerstown -- western Maryland's largest city -- for several hours. At one Baltimore polling place, someone forgot the key, and voters were jammed up for an hour during the morning rush. But Prince Georges County...
(2 of 10) intimations of disaster (the musicians, after threatening to go on strike after opening night, agreed on a new contract between the acts). Tickets, dispensed by a "secret" committee at a top of $250 each, were sold out months ago, leaving a waiting list of more than 16...
Realizing that a march through Cicero might lead to disaster, the civic leaders of the Chicago area quickly moved to meet the challenge with positive action. Sitting down with King at week's end, they agreed to his demands for an "open city," promised to take affirmative steps to...
This represents quite a comeback. Just over two years ago, Italy seemed to stand on the brink of disaster. Even though industrial productivity was growing, the cost of living was rising more quickly-8.8% in a year and 20% in three years-than anywhere else in the Common Market. Gold...
The heroine's feet do not. A middle-aged war widow who has taken up nursing, she is sick to death of all the killing, and decides to support the powers that be for the sake of peace and quiet. She joins the SS nursing corps, but discovers to...