Word: grave
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...especially mystifying that the U.S.-and Britain as well-is so often taken by surprise by France's actions. There is a clear and explicit blueprint in De Gaulle's own writings. He warns that any decision concerning Europe reached without consulting France is a "grave error," and adds that "any large-scale human edifice will be arbitrary and ephemeral if the seal of France is not affixed...
Essence of Cool. Bogart's side-o-mouth repartee has become the canon vernacular of Harvard Yard, and anyone who doesn't dig it is digging his social grave. Harvard boys, ordering another round of drinks, rasp: "Play it again, Sam." Raising their glasses, they say: "Here's looking at ya, kid!" And when they're getting ready to blow the joint, they ask: "Ya ready, Slim?" When they want to express arrogance or individuality, they spit: "I don't have to show you no stinking badge." That line is so popular that one group...
...When Maggie's husband dies, Edie decides that his money rightfully belongs to her. So she puts a bullet in Maggie's head, a revolver in Maggie's hand and Edie's clothes on Maggie's back. Maggie is buried in Edie's grave and Edie goes tootling off in the Bentley to install herself in Maggie's mansion. But not for long. Turns out that in choosing Maggie's life, Edie has inadvertently chosen Maggie's death-at the hands of the law. Too late she discovers that it wasn...
...this week what life is really like at Harvard. In case you were too busy studying last week to notice, "Humphrey Bogart's side-o-mouth repartee has become the canon vernacular of Harvard Yard," according to Time, "and anyone who doesn't dig it is digging his social grave...
...days of Johnson's presidency he has turned frequently to prayer to help him bear the grave burdens of that high and difficult office. One feels, of course, a glow of quiet pride in the knowledge of our Chief Executive's devoutness. How onerous it would be to be denied the continuation of this White House tradition. Our thoughts wander back to that historic night in 1898, when William McKinley knelt in his office in reverent communion with the Lord, before coming to the Mutual Decision to launch his courageous Spanish-American War. Johnson's proposal of a Monument...