Word: grave
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knife thrust at the late Viscount Younger of Leckie (then Sir George Younger) who fancied himself for the Prime Ministry. "Since the day when the proverbial frog swelled itself up in rivalry with the bull until it burst," he said in part, "no frog ever has been in such grave physical danger as Sir George Younger." Of the Bonar Law Cabinet in 1923 Lord Birkenhead said: "They remind me of the Duke of Wellington's observation upon his generals: 'I don't know whether they will frighten the enemy, but, by God, they frighten...
...grave dignity of Statesman Stimson, after he concluded his speech, was upset by a clownish fellow in the hall who played silly flourishes on a piccolo...
...exclusive hospital for nervous dogs in West Orange, N. J. Each pet will have a private room, will eat scientifically prepared foods. If, in spite of care, one of the dogs should die, Dogdoctor Smith has a cemetery handy. Near the hospital, 438 dead dogs already lie in neat graves covered with vines and freshly cut flowers. Small white tombstones mark each place. One, a double grave, has a large headstone on which is carved "Mary and Jane of Sunnyfield?Awakened From the Dream of Life." Another stone memorial has painted on it a life-like picture of the deceased?...
...infinite wealth of a revolver. He is going to kill Nightingale, once his best friend, his onetime rival in love, his onetime benefactor, then his ruin and (he thinks) cause of his wife's death. In the village cemetery Malory stops by his wife's grave, then goes on to Nightingale's lonely mansion by the sea. But he finds his enemy too late: Nightingale is a cripple, cramped in a wheelchair, dying fast of arthritis and locomotor ataxia. Instead of killing Nightingale Malory sits and talks to him, listens to him talk. The sick man makes...
...important feature of this matter is that, it is a defined undergraduate opinion. It affords a means of ascertaining just how well the various instructors accomplish their aims as teachers, raison d'etre is to remove to some extent the grave misfortune of becoming snared in some course that has no profit, an extremely expensive experience in the four short years of college. Naturally imperfect and with many short comings as a result of the personal element of the opinions, nevertheless it can help to avoid the tragedy of wasted time...