Word: gravely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only a few votes separating it from control of House and Senate. More important is the fact that millions of voters who switched to Ike had a hard time making up their minds; they could easily switch back if the country got into a serious economic recession or met grave setbacks in foreign affairs. The Democratic Party in the 1952 convention and in the campaign displayed great vitality: a hard-hitting variety of oratorical range from Truman to Barkley to Stevenson; a press which, while outnumbered by the Republican papers, is aggressive and devoted; a warmth and color that runs...
...Rare & Grave. Despite Mrs. Lucas' enthusiasm, what had happened to Billy was really no miracle. He was a victim of myasthenia gravis, a mysterious, uncommon disease which usually strikes adolescents or the elderly. Infant cases are rare, and Billy's was especially hard for the doctors to diagnose because he was stricken so soon after birth, when cerebral palsy is the likeliest explanation of symptoms such...
...Congress. If they elect Dwight Eisenhower, they will almost certainly elect a Republican House of Representatives. But Eisenhower, if elected, may face a Democratic majority in the Senate. Years ago, when party lines were much more tightly drawn, a hostile Senate would have confronted an incoming administration with a grave problem. In this day, it still matters-but not nearly as much...
...give back to the earth what the earth gave, All to the furrow, nothing to the grave, The candle's out, the spirit's vigil spent; Sight may not follow where the vision went...
...outset of the campaign," Emerson said, "it seemed a reasonable hope that there would not be a very grave and fundamental difference on foreign policy between the two candidates. But since then, Ike has apparently drifted further and further from what appeared to be his earlier views...