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Word: disasterously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Office Door. "The man is incapable of administering the affairs of the U.M.W.," says Patterson. Patrick calls his former ally "a disaster as president." For evidence, they point to his inability to control disorderly meetings of the U.M.W.'s 21-member international board, Miller's habit of spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: A Close Horse Race in the Mines | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

I don't understand how you can state that "major accidents involving freighters have been infrequent." There have been at least seven such blunders since 1967, and millions of gallons of liquid death unleashed into our oceans. What is frequent, one disaster a week? Bradley David Young Terre Haute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 31, 1977 | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Thousands of schools in at least a dozen states, including virtually all those in Georgia, were closed for varying lengths of time. The longest period was in Dayton, which planned a month-long shutdown. Energy emergencies were declared in Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the city of Milwaukee. Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Big Freeze | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Out in New York harbor, the Coast Guard waged a bitter struggle to keep shipping lanes open to the nation's busiest port. Sandy Hook Channel, one of the two main passageways, finally was closed as the unusually heavy ice submerged or moved navigational buoys. No one wanted to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Big Freeze | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

India waited expectantly last week for the address to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "Some 18 months ago," she said, "our beloved country was on the brink of disaster. Violence was openly preached, workers were exhorted not to work, students not to study and government servants to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: An Election--at Last | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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