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Word: disasterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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But Harvard has a long, agonizing history of losing games it is just not supposed to lose. Two years ago, the Crimson severed Dartmouth's 15-game winning streak only to be beaten the following week by Penn, the perennial peasantry of the Ivy League. Last year, Harvard whipped a...

Author: By Ler H. Simowitz, | Title: Tufts Poses Little Threat To Crimson | 10/2/1965 | See Source »

Encouraging as it all seems, no one pretends that the fate of Laos lies entirely in Laotian hands. Escalation of the war in South Viet Nam has forced Peking and Hanoi to put Laos on the back burner, and as long as the war goes on, nothing the Laotians do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: Progress Amid the Potholes | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

Written by P. F. Sloand and recorded this summer by Barry McGuire, the song describes a world in decay, under threat of nuclear disaster, and without human aspect. After each verse beats out the 20th century's troubles at a Bob Dylan- like pace, its refrain entreats the listner to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eve' Destructed By Hub Stations | 9/29/1965 | See Source »

But if Cal's battered Bears wish they could forget last week's disaster, how must Alabama, Iowa and Army feel? The No. 1 -ranked team in the U.S. last year, Alabama lost to underdog Georgia 18-17. Iowa, picked by many experts to win the Big Ten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Punt? What's That? | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

They were. And so were the producers of last week's Emmy awards TV show for trying to pass off this performance as live music. In truth, Gary Lewis and the Playboys were pantomiming to a record. This is a convenient ruse known as "lip sync" (lip synchronization) and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Records: Age of the Patchwork | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

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