Word: doomful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...astrological doom passed this week without global disaster. It was not even a good heavenly show. Seven planets bunched, as predicted, in the same small part of the sky, but since the sun was one of those "planets," its dazzling rays spoiled the spectacle. The moon, also a planet by astrological reckoning, got into the act too, but when it covered the sun's face, the resulting eclipse could be seen only on the watery Pacific side of the earth, where there were relatively few spectators...
This rare astronomical occurrence, combined with yesterday's total eclipse of the sun, had led astrologers (note: not astronomers) to predict doom. In India, particularly, a great number of people disrupted their normal business and gathered in, family groups to await the end. Many University students have also reportedly been taking a last fling...
...Makers of Destiny." Indian leaders have scoffed at all the talk of doom, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has twice said publicly that the conjunction of planets will not affect him. "Don't be panicky about these predictions," he said. "We are the makers of our own destiny." But the man in the street of Nepal and India is not so sure. Business on the New Delhi stock exchange has slowed down, as big investors who buy and sell according to the advice of their astrologers have been told to play it safe for a few weeks. The people...
...Phenix has denounced the one great fundamental of education as the snake that has led us all to doom. Somehow he fails to see that self-realization, far from being morally shallow and a goal that produces "a democracy of desire," is the one most noble and difficult task of our lives. To Phenix, self-fulfillment is equated with selfish ambition, acquisition and success. It is obvious that he has distorted the meaning of fulfillment...
...Doom croakers, hand wringers and political hypochondriacs-plus some 100,000 plain, puzzled Americans-have made a 36-week bestseller out of this loosely written handful of horror stories about U.S. policy in the Pacific. Author Lederer has provided an able demonstration of how to succeed in the book business without really trying. Having hit pay dirt with The Ugly American, it was simply a matter of going back to the same place and digging some more dirt...