Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Very early on in All the Trouble in the World (Grove/Atlantic; 340 pages; $22), P.J. O'Rourke's look at "the lighter side" of overpopulation, famine, ecological disaster and other global environmental woes, the reader begins to wonder whether somewhere between writing Republican Party Reptile and this latest effort the...
The giant leaks compounded the havoc in a part of Texas that had already been declared a disaster area. Early last week, a massive storm front that parked itself over Southeast Texas began washing the region away. In some places, rivers prowled nine miles from their banks, marauding through neighborhoods...
Offical response was swift. Governor Ann Richards designated 33 counties disaster areas, clearing the way for federal assistance. Richards, in the midst of a tough re-election campaign, toured extensively throughout flooded areas in a Texas National Guard helicopter on Tuesday, then held a news conference in the Houston airport...
Haiti's other elite, the families of Lebanese and Palestinian immigrants who grew rich enough during the years of junta rule to corner an additional 40% of the economy, also curse Aristide and his American patrons. As they guard their corrugated-steel warehouses, crammed full of the contraband goods that...
Five years ago, who could talk about a "recession" in the sports entertainment industry? Now, in addition to the aforementioned "disasters"--and if you're like me, no matter what the players and owners say on ESPN, somebody not collecting part of a $500,000 salary for playing the game...