Word: grave
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats don't want you to be born at all. They're pro-choice," Sahl said, "But if you do happen to be born, they will take care of you from cradle to grave. Republicans don't mind if you're born if you promise not to live too long because of entitlements...
...food expert's fear is a culinary brown-out, a grave danger in a heavily starch-laden menu...
Then Weld stated in a letter dated February 8, 1983, that he "continues to believe that the legalization of casino gambling in Massachusetts would be a grave error...
...biggest deficiency, and it is a serious one, is that Susa never quite delivers the musical climax that the material demands. It is quite canny to stage simultaneously the death of Valmont and his inamorata, Madame de Tourvel, aptly illustrating their bond beyond the grave. But here, and in the final scene, when Merteuil is snubbed, shunned and ruined by the pox, the music needs to be bolder, richer; the composer must make clear exactly how he feels about what has happened to his characters as, say, Berg does at the end of Wozzeck...
...take charge is not the same one who fled the September 1991 coup d'etat under the protective wing of the U.S. ambassador. "The presidency and exile have been a lesson for me," he told TIME recently. "I learned that I am a leader, but also a statesman with grave responsibilities. It is easier to be a leader than a negotiator. It is easier to lead the Haitian people in Haiti than to represent them before the world community...