Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THE XEROX CORPORATION, selling at 63 1/8 on the New York Stock Exchange, recently paid Harrison Salisbury $40,000 for a long magazine article about America as a public-spirited bicentennial observance. The article appears in this month's Esquire, flanked by two full-page ads ("low keyed," Xerox calls...
All proceeds will be given to CARE, Palay said, because it "is the most respected organization in Guatemala. They have been there since 1958 and mobilized immediately after the disaster."
Furthermore, in the arid desert terrain of Arabia all the military excuses for the Vietnam disaster are missing: there is no jungle for the enemy to hide in; no demographic sea for the "guerilla" fish to swim in; and no safe sanctuaries protected from destruction by fear of world opinion...
Unused Authority. Gilbert and eleven of his former co-workers are suing Allied and Hooker for a total of $28.9 million (since they are collecting workmen's compensation from Life Science's insurer, they are prohibited under Virginia law from suing that company). The Occupational Safety and Health...
Staring down the double barrels of Elmer Fudd's shotgun or outrunning some improbably hirsute monster in sneakers, Bugs simultaneously courted disaster and mocked it. His wiseacre bravado caught the tone of the times. His was the attitude of the perennial winner, so it is not surprising that Bugs...