Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ginsburg remains outwardly confident this won't happen, crediting Starr with a sharper political sense than he has displayed so far. Indicting Lewinsky, says her lawyer, would be a p.r. disaster. Many outside lawyers generally agree: she can deny having sex with the President, say she was fantasizing on those...
Hey, guys, how's this for a twist? Let's take the end of the world seriously. Geez, how square can you get? No postmodernist, pre-apocalyptic ironies; a not-entirely-improbable cataclysmic threat--a giant comet hurtling earthward with no funny aliens anywhere in sight; special effects that serve...
Wilson, who seemed fond of unexpected problems,noted earlier, "Frankly, I've always wanted aformal aboard a ship headed for disaster."
If, as Santayana said, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, your issue is the perfect antidote. We are reminded of those who have led us to accomplishments and of the tyrants who brought on disaster. If we look at our past in this light, we...
Alarmed by the magnitude of the problem, the United Nations convened an emergency meeting in Geneva last week to draw up plans for international intervention. "We must do everything in our power to prevent a repeat of last year's disaster," said Klaus Topfer, executive director of the U.N. Environment...