Word: graved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Roosevelt has been in his grave for years but the rule still obtains: No prominent non-Catholic American will be received at the Vatican who intends, after being welcomed there, to consort with its scurrilous libellers in Rome. It is a matter of decency, not bigotry...
...case, declared late last night, Mr. Geer's condition cannot precisely be defined, but it is evident that he is worse. Today he was not able to take nourishment, and his temperature was higher. This, and the long period for which he has been unconscious make his case very grave, it seems that until today he has been holding his own, but he is now yielding...
...Nine grave Justices lent their ears to the argument for and against the school law of the State of Oregon. Oregon has a law requiring all children between the ages of 8 and 16 to attend the public schools. This, of course, is equivalent to the suppression of all private and parochial schools and military academies devoted to primary education. Against the law are aligned the two plaintiffs, 1) the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary and 2) the Hill Military Academy, backed by the North Pacific Union of Seventh Day Adventists, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary...
...faults were grave and they were faults of both mood and tense. In his childhood, he had suffered an incurable injury to his back which doubtless accounted for much of his irascibility. On the other hand, he was often tactless to a degree, pompous in his bearing, quick to give and take offense and often almost boorish in his treatment of inferiors. His passion was imperialism and no toe, no matter to whom it belonged, escaped his heel if its owner got in the way of his policy. Few men were a match for him in withering invective; none surpassed...
...night you know accepted with no show of emotion the little accident; grave Orion...