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Word: disasterously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's venture south was a disaster and not indicative of the team's potential. It was the first time the team had played together, and after a few sessions several key players were sidelined with injuries.

Author: By Susan Engelke, | Title: Crimson Stickmen Play Cornell | 4/24/1965 | See Source »

If only Peter Skolnick (who directed this disaster) had injected some buoyancy, some life, some fun, some chutzpah-he could have saved the whole shebang. Then, what the hell, we wouldn't have cared about the squeaky horns, cracking tenors, dump jokes, flickering spotlights, missed cues. We wouldn't have...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: South Pacific | 4/24/1965 | See Source »

At busy, big city airports where planes arrive and depart in droves, traffic controllers have powerful radars to help them keep track of the high-speed activity. But planes show up on the crowded radarscopes as small luminous blips that are sometimes difficult to identify properly, and a mix-up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Controlling Traffic by Numbers | 4/23/1965 | See Source »

For Rojack (like Mailer?) con- ducts his life as if it were some black experiment, he needs the battle even when life itself has almost been kicked out of him, needs the action, the booze, the orgasm--that inescapable moment--even with the fetid breath of murder and suicide and...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: Mailer's Violent Dream: Murder, Sex, Madness | 4/15/1965 | See Source »

In the 1960's, musicals must run for almost a season before they begin to earn a profit. Producers try to prevent great losses by making large advance ticket sales, usually through the drawing power of a big name star. But occasionally a show will collapse without even beginning a...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: The Theatre Gap | 4/13/1965 | See Source »

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