Word: gravely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well as Chartwell, though it is closer to the pulse of things. There he let it be known that he was not pleased with the recent foreign ministers' conference in Washington, and still wants top-level talks with the Russians. But mostly, the old warrior pondered one grave decision: Should he keep on indefinitely in office, as he had always wished? Or should he hand over his favor to his faithful friend and (nephew-in-law) Anthony Eden, while he was still able to decide the succession? Eden's own health, and the ascending political popularity...
...church," the Cardinal had said, "recognizes the necessity with which rulers in some Catholic countries may be faced of granting-because of grave reasons-a degree of tolerance to the other cults. But tolerance is not a synonym for freedom of propaganda which foments religious discord and alters the secure and unanimous possession of truth and of religious practice in countries such as Italy, Spain and others...
...background of the three foreign ministers' talks on Europe was this: the old policies are running out; mutual assistance ("donation diplomacy") will face its end next-year; the European Defense Community is in grave trouble; if the French refuse to ratify EDC, the whole question of what to do about Germany is wide open again. Two months ago Sir Winston Churchill proposed direct talks between the heads of Western governments and the head of the U.S.S.R. This suggestion was enthusiastically approved by all the European neutralists and wishful thinkers. The U.S., instead, approved a French plan...
...olive drab and khaki for white shirts and trousers, squatted down eagerly for a Japanese meal of baked sea bream, rice and sake. Said Yokoyama: "The memory of the destruction and murder committed in the Philippines will remain with me as a nightmare that I will carry to my grave...
Calmly, the two Supreme Court judges replied: "The nature of the charges . . . is particularly grave. If they are guilty, they ought not to escape the consequences of their acts...