Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Impossible Task. German planning, as it turned out, was inadequate -and German caution led to disaster. The five sharpshooters at the airport were expected to stop eight men as rapidly as possible under bad lighting conditions-an impossible task. The small German force of police held back for more than...
The correspondent for Novosti wondered about the possible injurious impact on Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's re-election bid next month. President Harold Ballard of the Toronto Maple Leafs termed it "a national disaster." Dick Beddoes of the Toronto Globe and Mail, who had boastfully predicted a clean Canadian...
Spassky's defeat was no national disaster for Russia; after all, chess is a game, not warfare. Still, it is fascinating to speculate about the geopolitical implications. If pure hearts no longer prevail, what then is the future of the Soviet communal ideal? Perhaps the senses should now be...
THE Mexico City schlemiel and the Munich superstar are the same person: Mark Andrew Spitz of Carmichael, Calif. The sullen, abrasively cocky kid with the sunken visage has matured into a smooth, adroitly confident young man with modish locks and mustache. More important, he has developed into a talent without...
The NOAA experimenters know that they are playing with fire. Two weeks ago, an unanticipated lightning bolt burned an inch-wide hole in the wing of their plane. But Project Director Heinz Kasemir and his fellow scientists think that the risks are worth taking. Lightning suppression could be used to...