Word: gravely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rest of Mama's plans were complete: Jimmy would be driven off to the cemetery with the Dixieland quartet leading the way. On the way and at the grave, the boys would play High Society, Muskrat Ramble, Jazz Me Blues, and anything else they thought Jimmy might like. But they would finish up with Nearer, My God, to Thee, in hymn tempo. That was Mama's idea...
...thanks to a $46 million Government loan (TIME, Sept. 10). But last week something went wrong. Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman notified the RFC and DPA that he was withdrawing his approval of Harvey's loan, which was enough to shelve it temporarily. His official reason: the grave power shortage in the Northwest, where Harvey planned to build...
Although Shakespeare might turn over in his grave if he could see what happened to his "The Taming of the Shrew." audiences are still enjoying Cole Porter's gay musical after to years of popularity. While it was still a Broadway success, producers Saint Suber and Lemuel Ayers organized a national company of "Kiss Me Kate" and brought it to 54 cities in the United States and Canada. Now this charming bit of fantasy is back in Boston to haunt theater-goers with its hit tunes and exotic settings...
...distinguishing between the responsibilities of church and school in meeting the grave moral, political, and economic problems of today, Conant quoted from ex-President Eliot's statement on the religious ideal in education. "The churches must see to it," Eliot wrote, "that each imparts to its children ... its own conceptions of the nature and attributes of the Deity, of the historic Christ, of ecclesiastical authority, and of the authority of the books it holds most sacred. Each church will need to teach its own history and its own peculiar thought, and to familiarize its children with its peculiar dogmas...
...than rich men so I have a chance of lasting a long, long time . . . Over in Hollywood, everything gets exaggerated, including people's ideas of themselves. We live in New York. People there are normal-sized. We aim eventually just to live in oblivion and get to the grave without confusion . . . I'm a sad man. I've been leading mourner at the death of more jokes than any man alive...