Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In the face of this major ecological disaster, French officials were helpless. Winds howled so furiously for most of the week that plastic barricades failed to contain the drifting slicks. Emergency crews were reluctant to use detergents to break up the oil because they feared long-term toxic effects on...
When vicious snows hit the northeastern U.S. last month, tiny Rhode Island was struck badly enough to be declared a disaster area. This meant that many of those who lost money were eligible for food stamps: $7.6 million worth. All told, 105,000 households-roughly one-third of the Rhode...
But now that the disaster has receded, quite a few of the hardy Rhode Islanders are having second thoughts about taking handouts from Uncle Sam. Some 250 people who received written authorization have either returned the document or refunded the value of the stamps they used. Says Thomas Marcello, an...
If, in outline, the film has a predictable air about it, it should also be said that it isn't half bad. There is a crisp professionalism about David Greene's direction, and the writers have done without that bane of the disaster-picture formula, the subplot.
Other demands the union will put forward include a disaster clause in the case of another blizzard situation, cash-in of sick leave allowances and a higher uniform cleaning allowance.