Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But he has not lost his popularity with the folks back home, who still revere him for coming to the rescue of Wilkes-Barre after it was virtually destroyed by the raging Susquehanna River during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. After hearing about the disaster at midnight in Washington, he flew...
Two days after the storm, in typically bravura fashion, he announced: "I have ordered the Army Corps of Engineers not to permit the Susquehanna to rise another inch." The river rose no further. Afterward, Flood steered about $1 billion in disaster relief to his district. No wonder, then, that a...
IT IS A commonplace to note that crises bring out the best in societies, and--in that sense at least--last week's extended snow emergency provided no surprises. Swift and effective action by state authorities, aided by cooperation all the way down the line of local government, helped prevent...
For Israel, the rash of ruined oranges constituted both a new kind of Palestinian attack and a potential economic disaster. The $172 million annual orange export trade is one of the country's major sources of foreign exchange. Israeli growers insist that the injecting took place at shipping centers in...
Endless hours of repeated intense foot tapping beat any universal workout for strengthening thighs. Serious poker players lose more sweat through their palms in one marathon encounter with financial disaster than the whole Celtic team does during a practice, and much more during a game.