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Word: grave (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 17, 1949 | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Hard Way | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...making the announcement of the sweeping policy change yesterday, Gray called on Congress to pass legislation to "prevent grave abuses" of GI education benefits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VA Abolishes 'Instruction l-A' But Retains Strings on Course Changes | 10/6/1949 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everybody Up | 10/5/1949 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fancy Wrapping | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

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