Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The final margin was embarrassingly short of that estimate. To be sure, the smooth success of his early campaign strategy gave ample reason for optimism. Determined to shuck his loser's image, he entered six primaries, won them all- frightening off Michigan's Governor George Romney before the...
Avoiding Disaster. The do-it-yourself adhesive labels became so popular that twelve companies, including 3M and Johnson & Johnson, quickly moved in for a share of the new market. Hurwich realized that trying to keep Dymo a one-item company would lead to disaster. As early as 1963, he started...
Down to the Last. The second day's competition began with the 110-meter hurdles, and Bill ran it in 14.9 sec., .3 sec. slower than his best. His discus throw, 143 ft. 31 in., was "near what I wanted," but the pole vault almost proved a disaster. "I...
The 1963-65 U.S. epidemic of rubella, or German measles, was a national disaster. Rubella virus is as deadly as thalidomide for the unborn, and the epidemic left an estimated 30,000 babies marred for life by cataracts, deafness, heart malformations or mental retardation. Ever since, virologists have been racing...
Fade Out. The largest independent U.S.. tube manufacturer, National Video suffered the classic one-product-company disaster. Seizing on glowing industry predictions of a surge in color TV sales, Cole decided to phase out production of black-and-white tubes, on which he was losing money, and switch to...