Word: gravely
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Some Kremlinologists worry that the U.S. and its allies may be running a grave risk in backing Yeltsin so strongly. If he loses, as he well might, the winners of the Kremlin power struggle will be even angrier at the West for opposing them than they would be otherwise. Others doubt that; they think ; Yeltsin's successor, no matter who it is, will have to deal pragmatically with the West...
Ironically, opposition to rationing focuses not on limits on common but useless procedures such as treatment for a cold but on those costly and ineffective procedures that involve grave illness...
...Muslim is one who has submitted. Obviously one who kills innocents cannot be considered to have submitted. Fundamentalism, on the other hand, means rigid adherence to fundamental or basic principles. Terrorism and all acts of violence are against the basic teachings of Islam; furthermore, the Quran prescribes a grave punishment for those who kill an innocent soul. Yet contrary to what it really means, Islamic fundamentalism is a term which seems to forever haunt Muslims everywhere...
...have always had a particular propensity for camp, and if this year's show is any indication, gay men still contribute a great deal to the preservation and perpetuation of one of culture's most vital and vibrant expressions. Oscar Wilde would be proud. From his grave, I can hear him call, "You better work, girlfriends...
FOLLOWING THE SERIES OF SURPRISE PARDONS BY George Bush on Christmas Eve, Iran-contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh has found himself largely reduced to shouting -- loudly. In his latest report to Congress, Walsh continued to beat the drums. He directly accused the former President of committing a "grave disservice" to the country by shielding former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger from prosecution, and he suggested that Bush may have done so to avoid answering, as a defense witness, "searching questions" about his own role in the scandal...