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Word: disasterously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Firemen drew sniper fire as they attempted to douse the flames, and outnumbered police watched helplessly at times as the street gangs rampaged. One man, trying to escape from his burning car, was thrown back into it by a howling mob, and died. By the time the four days of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: RACE WAR IN MALAYSIA | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

In its string of obituaries, the Soviet army newspaper did say that nine in the fallen constellation of red stars had died "tragically." This is official jargon for accidental death, and it reinforced the disaster rumor. But the other officers, many on the retired list, were reported to have died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Old Soldiers Do Die | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

To realize the particular plight that Williams is in now, one must understand the inner tension of his finest plays. Williams has been overwhelmingly a man of feeling rather than thought, a disciple of the heart's reasons rather than the mind's reasonings. The emotional proposition at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Torpid Tennessee | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

Faced with the spiraling cost of its program, New Mexico this month cut off assistance to the 63,000 people on its Medicaid rolls. As a result, many elderly Medicaid recipients began an exodus from nursing homes, causing the State Department of Hospitals and Institutions to devise a "disaster plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Health: Medicaid's Maladies | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

This season has been nothing less than a disaster. Having it appear as such in print will bother some of the players. After the pitiful Dartmouth game, one of them said to be kind to them since they had had a depressing enough experience just playing the game. But I...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/20/1969 | See Source »

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