Word: ruinously
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...inconsistent quality of guest speakers dealt unfairly with the Athenaeum's reputation. Distinguished guests were not helpful, and poor guests proved ruinous. It now seems logical to allow only student debate unless an exceptional outside speaker is available...
...range of artillery from the mainland, could easily ignite a general conflagration. Here the dilemma is clear: in a sudden crisis, the U.S.--almost certainly without aid from her allies--could intervene to support Chiang's forces to untenable positions and a strong enemy. But either choice would be ruinous; war over indefensible islands without allied support would be folly in our own eyes and aggression in the eyes of the Asian neutrals. Yet abandonment of Chiang would appear as retreat from a victorious enemy. Negotiation is the only feasible solution. Bargaining involving surrender of strategically unimportant and militarily indefensible...
Italy and South Africa were unhappy about subsidized export of U.S. oranges; Thailand and Burma objected to rice dumping. From. Spain came a lament about the distribution of free American milk to poor children. Spanish dairymen insisted that the U.S. largesse was having a ruinous effect on their business; milk purchases in Valencia...
...have serious defects: ¶ The Skysweeper guns cannot shoot fast enough to hit a supersonic jet or far enough to defend a target, as the gun's range is shorter than the radius of H-bomb destruction. Any bomber within gun range is already close enough to inflict ruinous thermonuclear damage. The Nike rocket has 1,500,000 parts, is complex and unpredictable. Better guided missiles and more launching sites are necessary...
...much power as New York City, thousands of motors pump fiercely corrosive gases through endless microscopic filters in a steady surging flow. No one knows what would happen if the process stopped. Last fortnight, the Atomic Energy Commission feared that a strike of 3,500 employees might cause a ruinous stoppage. But the strike was quickly settled. Last week it became clear that most credit for the settlement belonged to one man: Secretary of Labor James Mitchell...