Word: grave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both, may be placed in the arsenals of our continental allies as well. I cannot overemphasize the fatefulness of such a step. I do not see how it could fail to produce a serious increase in the existing military tension in Europe. It would be bound to raise a grave problem for the Russians in respect of their own military dispositions . . . Any Russian withdrawal from Central and Eastern Europe may become unthinkable once...
...VERY GRAVE DEFEAT FOR THE AMERICAN TECHNIQUE AND INDUSTRY...
...force it to grant fare boosts. The Boston & Maine, claiming a $13.6 million passenger deficit last year, told Massachusetts authorities that it will soon go broke if it cannot cut commuter service to save a minimum of $3,000,000 a year. And in the face of the "grave situation" confronting the entire industry, nine top U.S. trainmen went to the White House to beg for help to get a complete overhaul in rail regulations and rates...
...bones were not set properly. In 1954 his back began giving trouble, and by fall he was hobbling about on crutches. In October he entered Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery, where a metal plate was set into his spine. Twice in three months, his condition was so grave that his family was called to his bedside. Just before Christmas, he had recovered to the extent of flying, supine on a stretcher, to his father's Palm Beach home-where, to cure black moods of depression, he began writing Profiles in Courage. But in February his back began...
Government officials expressed grave concern about the possible consequences of the bombing. They declined, however, to discuss possible motives or the persons behind the incident...