Word: bravely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ensemble. Walker was often reduced to signalling huge downbeats in an effort to get his musicians together again. Problems of execution obscured most of the composition's mordant sense of humor. The one saving grace was the frequent konzertante nature of the writing, which provided an opportunity for some brave solo work by flute, saxophone, and trumpet...
...preferred to remain silent. Barilla declared that he was "against war, all war," and that "the majority of Americans do not want to fight in Viet Nam." Their willing hosts clucked in satisfaction. One interviewer applauded them for choosing "a path of courage." Pravda praised "their brave decision, dictated by human conscience...
...being my fifth column on the Hill. I want all of you to know that Everett Dirksen is the only column I haven't complained about all year long." Then he took an ingratiating shot at himself: "The OSS was a very small and inconspicuous and incredibly brave elite. They remind me very much of my own followers...
...black day for all of us," said John Davies, director general of the Confederation of British Industry, after emerging from No. 10. The Observer called devaluation "a brave act," but most of the British press took off after Harold Wilson's scalp. "This is D-day for Britain without the flags," said the Sunday Mirror. "The 'D' this time stands for disaster and disillusion as well as for devaluation." Since Wilson had consistently denied that he would ever devalue the pound, many Britons felt betrayed as well as disheartened. "I am quite shocked," said Sir Patrick Hennessy...
...memorialists may fear that in losing Jarrell, they have lost the last poet brave enough to look straight into America's face