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Word: disasterously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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In 1969, President Richard Nixon declared an international "war on drugs," then pressed the Mexican government into joining the battle by cracking down on illegal narcotics traffic across the border. Mexico obliged with a vengeance, throwing into jail hundreds of American violators; most of them were "mules," who had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Yankees Come Home | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

A. The obstinacy of Israel will not make any solution possible. Sadat's strategy will naturally lead to disaster. It is the strategy of a desperate man. His strategy after the 1973 war led to concessions, such as Sinai II. Now he is making more concessions. And he is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Habash: Israel Will Fall | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

René Veaux, 40, chef of the classic Parisian restaurant Lasserre: "Don't do too much. Concentrate on one plat. One person cooking at home cannot pay attention to too many things. She or he will become lost. If a woman makes three dishes, she will get nervous on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Tips from the Toques | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

Brown told Plimpton that it was O.K. to shadowbox at a professional gym, like Stillman's, but he should get out of the ring immediately if anyone else got in. "Those guys'll hit anything moving," the author was warned, "the timekeeper, if he got in there; a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plimping for Fun | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

Now, however, Harvard is allowing economic concerns to dominate other equally important needs. The Associated Harvard Alumni committee that annually selects ten candidates for the board, reportedly will design a slate of "movers and shakers" in the financial world, most or all of whom will be white men. Underscoring the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For a Diverse Board of Overseers | 12/16/1977 | See Source »

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