Word: grave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happy to read the Sept. 19 article on Lisa Fonssagrives, till I came to the spelling of my name. I have been called Gravelneck, Drizzleneck, Dirtyneck and Hydranthead, but never has my name been so slightly misspelled [Gravneck]. The accompanying picture shows you how badly I feel about the grave injustice you have done...
Ambassador Lewis Douglas was back in London after the dollar talks, minus the patch he has worn over his left eye since it was snagged by a wind-blown salmon hook last April. He paused on the front stoop of the U.S. embassy in Grosvenor Square to exchange grave greetings with an old family retainer named Reggie...
...making the announcement of the sweeping policy change yesterday, Gray called on Congress to pass legislation to "prevent grave abuses" of GI education benefits...
...these clouds gathered, and by their darkness showed grave indeed might be the consequence, should the factions among the multitude prevail when the two contestants, each a champion himself, met on the field of challenge...
...small and inconsequential. The diggers, fascinated by the era in which he lived, were not much interested in the man himself. Only one thing about him was worth noting: his legs were tightly folded under his chin because the ancient Peruvians believed that a man should lie m his grave in the position in which he lay in his mother's womb...