Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With a pinpoint, mid-Pacific landing by Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, a roar of triumph and a burst of national pride, the Mercury phase of the U.S.'s man-in-space program ended last May. Last week it seemed apparent that, save for sheer luck and pluck, Project Mercury...
Last Sunday, however, we "found ourselves in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude," to use Winston Churchill's phrase. The Yankees lost the World Series. In four straight.
The words were inspiring but many a qualified scientist, even as he heard them, was moved to a vague unease. How could so rigid a time limit be set for so awesome a task? Still, the Russians had just put a man in orbit, and the disaster at the Bay...
Many skeptics believe that the Russians will never cooperate in a meaningful way; to do so would require revealing too much about their military missiles and their rumored plans to put a large manned space station into orbit. One Pentagon faction insists that the main Russian space effort has always...
For most of them, delay invites disaster. Heroine Taylor is "eloping" to America with Louis Jourdan, and delay means that Hero Burton, the violently jealous millionaire the heroine is married to, will surely catch up with them. Orson Welles, a celebrated film director, has tax problems, and delay beyond midnight...