Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rescue attempts began almost immediately, as West Virginia Governor Arch Moore Jr. sent in the National Guard and signed a bill providing $1,000,000 in emergency relief. From Shanghai President Nixon telephoned Moore and declared Logan County a national disaster area. Both the American Red Cross and the Salvation...
No amount of rescue work, however, could still the acrimonious debate that erupted over who was responsible for the disaster. Slag dams -or gob piles, as they are often called in the region-are an ugly but common sight in West Virginia. Like the one at Buffalo Creek, which was...
Act of God. At a press conference, Governor Moore denied any knowledge of the Geological Survey's warning. A high official of the Pittston Co. was quoted by the Charleston Gazette as fatuously blaming the disaster on "an act of God." The flood, of course, was rather the result...
How did the U.S. get into such a mess? One reason is poor federal management of the economy. Inflation has raised government costs for construction, supplies and utility bills more than tax planners had foreseen. Recession has caused tax collections to fall below expectations, while joblessness has jacked up government...
There are different ways of dealing with disappointment; in California, this choice was often dictated by geography. It is a passionate, varied land, strongly suggestive, capable of forcing a man to a course of action he might never have realized alone. So with the hoards of disappointed. Some stumbled into...