Word: grave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...debate began stirring in scholarly journals, inside think tanks and on Capitol Hill. It has assumed a heightened sense of urgency during the SALT hearings, in which both expert witnesses and Senators have been expressing grave concern about the state of the nation's military strength. Armed with volumes of facts and statistics, they have convinced a growing number of citizens that the U.S. can no longer afford to postpone tough and costly defense decisions if it intends to remain a superpower. As a result, a consensus has been emerging that favors a stronger U.S. military establishment, something that would...
...first flight. A U.S. Navy antisubmarine aircraft was shadowed for 60 miles while a MiG made several strafing passes. I was sufficiently concerned to warn the Soviet Union publicly on Sept. 16 that operating missile-carrying submarines or nuclear weapons from Cuba or servicing them from there would have grave consequences. Since we did not yet have any concrete evidence, I stopped just short of making a direct charge...
...Soviet sub tender and salvage tug left Cienfuegos on Oct. 10, but rounded the island and arrived once again in Cienfuegos on Nov. 7. I protested angrily to Dobrynin on Nov. 14 and told him later that servicing submarines in or from Cuban ports would "lead to the most grave situation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union...
...unauthorized disclosure; I encouraged him. I was not aware of steps later taken, the sordidness, puerility, and ineffectuality of which eventually led to the downfall of the Nixon Administration. I consider those methods inexcusable, but I continue to believe that the theft and publication of official documents did a grave disservice to the nation. The release of the Pentagon papers did not impede our overture to Peking. But this does not change the principle...
Paris (Sept. 29, CBS, 10 p.m.). The good James Earl Jones, last seen in Roots 2, is an actor whose somber presence of ten gives way to humanizing bursts of humor. The bad James Earl Jones is so unrelievedly grave he could turn an audience to stone. This series, which casts Jones as Police Detective Woody Paris, brings out the actor's worst. Watching Paris explain his crime-solving logic is about as much fun as hearing an insurance sales pitch. The show's troubles do not end there. The supporting cast is amateurish, and the identity...