Word: graved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Came also, during the week, Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg, carrier of a grave governmental affair already begun-the U. S. reply to Britain and France about their new "secret" naval understanding. President Coolidge gave his approval and soon there was a great clicking of cable instruments as the Note, although it was soon to be made public (see p. 16), was gravely despatched in code, decoded at the other end and checked back by cable...
...like the Irish, Hebrews and Italians, the negroes are extremely prolific. Already they reach the imposing total of 14,000,000 souls, or one-eighth of the total population of the United States. There is a great quarter in New York called Harlem, populated exclusively by colored people. A grave riot in this quarter last July was with difficulty suppressed after a night of bloody conflicts between the police and solid masses of blacks...
...performed so splendidly that the flight was as lazy and as delightful as an afternoon on an ocean liner in calm weather. Yet, at one time, she stepped up her speed to 81 m.p.h. Over Heidelberg, she cast her shadow on pigmy castles and at Stuttgart solemnly circled the grave of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Wine, ham and eggs, etc., were served above Freiburg, Baden-Baden and Constance. But there was NO SMOKING, for fire is the arch enemy of airships...
News of such a grave nature was not altogether unexpected. Attempts on the life of Joseph Forecast have been made in the past. Curb commissioners and agents of betting brokers have vowed that his activities will not continue. For three years, the gallant Forecast has battled grimly against the odds opposing him. His public has not gone unadvised. More than once he has been assisted from a Boston or Chelsea gutter bearing the marks of conflict. A week later his predictions have amazed gridiron thousands. There's no stopping...
...Congress had met to deal with the grave crisis resulting from the recent assassination of President-Elect Alvaro Obregon (TIME, July 30). Until President Calles mounted the Tribune and began his 5,000-word address, Mexicans were half persuaded that he would attempt to succeed himself as President, though Mexico's Constitution forbids...