Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even so, Opal left its gruesome mark. It was a dangerously quirky hurricane, tearing murderously into some areas while leaving nearby land relatively untouched. Property losses were estimated at $2 billion, making it the fourth most costly natural disaster in U.S. history. Opal utterly demolished much of a 140-mile...
The Pacific disaster was preceded by one in the North Atlantic. In July daring commando actions by Greenpeace activists scuttled Shell Oil's plans to sink the storage platform Brent Spar. According to the triumphant activists, the campaign saved the sea from pollution by 5,000 tons of oil. Last...
"IT'S A CIRCUS, IT'S A DISGRACE, and the sooner it's over the better for Los Angeles. This trial is increasing people's cynicism about race in this city, and the defense attorneys are playing to wounds in the black and Jewish communities. Johnnie Cochran is the best...
Here, Mr. Chung shifts suddenly into an attack on PUCC's membership, motivation and intent. He paints the organization as a cabal of self-righteous radicals determined to impose their agenda on the campus; to complete the model, he suggests that PUCC is driven by a hubristic, "delusional" vision of...
"The verdict is a catastrophe," said Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson '60. "In terms of the perception that if you're rich you can buy your way out through lawyers...it is a disaster."