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Word: disasterously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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He landed a $30-a-week job as a mail clerk at MGM, and kept his ambition in fighting trim by calling all the executives by their first names. "Hiya, Joe," he grinned at Producer Joe Pasternak, who stopped for a moment, then threw out the classic line: "Hey, kid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

While Sontag's examination of Jewish suffering is occasioned by the highest motives, it is a disaster as a political act. Whether she means for this to happen is irrelevant. She does not understand the situation well enough to know that the point at which she ends, the suffering of...

Author: By David R. Caploe, | Title: A Breach of Promise | 8/9/1974 | See Source »

Some coal producers are still hoping that President Nixon will veto the strip-mining bill. Their lobbyists insist that any regulation at all would "discriminate against energy values." National Coal Association President Carl Bagge calls the House bill a disaster, claiming that it virtually "prohibits" mining in many Western areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Defeat for the Strippers | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

As he campaigned across the 4,500-mile breadth of the nation, the Prime Minister pointed out that Canada's inflation rate was still below the average of most of the industrialized world, now running at 15-16%. "Inflation is a problem, but let's not get obsessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Triumph for Trudeau | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

If the boom continues, he may have to drive off customers with a wand. The professionals are once again besieged by autograph freaks, inundated with requests for magic lessons and invited to appear on TV. In some respects, it is a return to the good old days and a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Magic Boom: New Sorcery | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

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