Word: grave
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...employer has a grave responsibility. He must try to put himself in the other fellow's place, to see his point of view...
While we feel that the structure of American society is too sound to crumble like that of Russia and that Mr. Gompers was exaggerating to carry a point, nevertheless we believe national prohibition will involve grave economic consequences. According to the labor leaders of St. Louis, twenty-five thousand men in that city alone will be thrown out of work. Throughout the Middle West, in Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin, the same story can be told; thousands of men trained to a certain trade suddenly thrown on the mercy of the country. No handicraft during the period of the industrial Revolution...
...reconnoitering a forward position for his battery near Serval, Captain Storer, in company with Lieutenant Dellatre of the French Mission, passed outside of the American lines and carried on his reconnaissance until stopped by fire from German snipers that wounded Lieutenant Dellatre. Although under carefully directed fire and in grave danger, he attended the French lieutenant and remained with him for four hours until under cover of darkness he was able to help him to a place of safety. The information obtained by his reconnaissance was of great value to the artillery...
...interests of fairness, however, the CRIMSON makes bold to offer a suggestion. In spite of grave doubts as to which team did the most to refute Prohibition, we suggest that, instead of distinguishing between the principal speakers and the alternates, the gold medals be pinned upon the breasts of those who opposed the 18th Amendment and the silver decorations upon their less worthy colleagues...
However, although as students of Professor Haskins we may appreciate the honor conferred on him, it is with grave concern that we stop to count up the number of prominent members of the Faculty who are still away from their posts at Harvard. Four are now serving as advisory members of the Peace Conference, where their services are hardly to be dispensed with, but many more are still engaged in work at Washington and may not return for many months. While deeply conscious of the invaluable services which they have performed during the war we feel that their continued absence...