Word: ruinous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last night the most ruinous fire since the foundation of the College visited Harvard. It was a cold, wintry night, when about midnight we were awakened by the cry of-'Fire'. Harvard Hall, 42 feet wide, 97 feet long, and four stories high, built in 1672 was in flames...
When the elimination of parking was discussed in committee, merchants in the "loop" area declared such a step would be ruinous to trade, adding that from twenty-five to as much as fifty per cent of their business came from motorists who parked in the "loop" in front of or adjacent to their shops...