Word: grave
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...homosexual rights, she has regularly received death threats. "We're very visible, and the police chief said these death threats were some of the ugliest things she's ever heard in her life. When people talk about coming after you with baseball bats and putting you in your grave, it's very frightening." Neighbors have also spread rumors that she and her partner are witches. A Fundamentalist Christian living nearby has accused the couple of performing animal sacrifices on his lawn. But Van Leer is adamant about being "out" in the countryside. "You just have to decide that...
...Last week Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the Vatican's chief spokesman, said, "One would have to ask if the real culprit is not a society that is irresponsibly permissive, hyperinflated with sexuality ((and)) capable of creating circumstances that induce even people who have received a solid moral formation to commit grave moral acts...
...alternative was a hospice in Atlanta, where the Mirins' nephew lived and where they had already purchased their grave sites. Metro Hospice brought to their nephew's home a wheelchair, hospital bed, special padding, oxygen. They provided care and pain medication during Maxine's last four days. "She was not able to talk, but she was able to hold her hand out to me. She knew I was there and that I loved her and valued her life." Mirin was charged "not even 10 cents" for the service; it was all covered by Medicare...
Many students consider this an act of mercy, compelling evidence that Harvard professors really do care about their students. Preparing for these exams--and I must call it preparing, because to call it studying would be a grave terminological error--is one of the most dismaying experiences that an academically enthusiastic student can run into...
...father's pain was evident as he expressed a personal concern for his son's safety. "He'd be in grave risk," he said. "I would be very fearful that his life would be in jeopardy from his own troops." Peck seemed far less disturbed, however, by the prospect of a breakdown of military discipline so thorough that a soldier's life might be endangered by deliberate friendly fire. "I'm not saying that that's right or wrong. I'm telling you that's the way it is," he said. "Fratricide is something that exists out there...