Word: grave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This is a very grave concern because once again the Democratic party is creating the impression that it is not the party of all. Those excluded will once again feel there are groups preferred and groups that are not preferred...
...Connolly's diary-anthology of essays and epigrams, The Unquiet Grave, won acclaim from Critic Edmund Wilson as one of the best books out of wartime England. After Horizon's demise in 1950, Connolly became a critic for the London Sunday Times. Snobbish and witty, he once said that "the books I haven't written are better than the books other people have...
...fattest settlements in labor history, a 50% raise in wages and benefits over three years. In the light of labor's understandable frustration with both inflation and recession, the increase could well set a new high goal for other unions to shoot for, with grave consequences for the economy and the nation. Last year most unions were accepting wage-and-benefit increases of little more than 6% in the first year of contracts. During the first six months of 1974, the average settlement climbed to between 8% and 9%, and by September to 11%. The miners' success...
...problem is grave, but it is soluble...
...left with the work alone: it is highly finished, accessible and informed by a grave, singular clarity. "Many people are shocked when they see something that is clear," Bill remarked in 1972. "Works of art enable certain problems to be solved without compromise, in a world which is full of compromises and failed speculations...