Word: graved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointment of Forbes as head of the Veterans' Bureau and Fall as Secretary of the Interior have proved to be terrible mistakes; while the selection of Mr. Daugherty as Attorney General seems to me to have been a grave error in judgment...
...tomb of Chateaubriand, famed philosopher whose name is identical with that of the only passable French imitation of a beefsteak, is endangered by the wild Atlantic surges. His grave is on the cliffs facing the sea on the Island of Grand Bey, off St. Malo. Winter storms have cut under the cliff, and the tomb may have to be moved further back...
...Grave warnings are now being sounded by prominent New York builders and construction interests. Last Spring's building volume was enough to cause a shortage of labor and materials, and doubt is expressed as to the ability of the industry to continually increase its production. It may be, however, that labor and materials will be released from other parts of the country for employment in New York; money for building purposes is plenty and cheaper than last year...
...program included arise of Gluck and Scarlatti and two Bergerettes sung by Miss Myrtle Brown, the Finale of Haydn's Farewell, Symphony, a Suite of Haendel, and a Largo of Corelli by the orchestra alone, a Grave by Humphries and a Canto Amoroso for violin played by Mario Montini accompanied by the orchestra, a Courant by Couperin for flute, cello, and harpsichord, La Gallina by Merula for oboe, bassoon and harpsichord and Concertos by Dall' Abaco and Bach for harpsichord, organ and orchestra...
...members of an English household)-permanently imbues them with the aura of a skunk. To inspire further jocularity, the men are compelled to wear diving suits to suppress the effluvia, while devoted friends visit them in gas masks. Eventually one of the men shoots himself, hounded to his grave by a smell...