Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sick, was put to bed in a naval hospital, got the best care of the best naval doctors. When he died, after weeks of treatment, Just Nuisance was wrapped in a white Naval Ensign and buried with naval honors. A detachment of Royal Marines fired a volley over his grave; his friends stood at attention. By the time his story reached the U.S. last week, a headstone had been erected. It read...
Upon his mother's grave...
...Backed by a grieving hedge of civilians, two Russian Orthodox priests pace the brink of a huge common grave, sprinkling holy water...
...Duke of Windsor, who has been the quiet banter of some roaring rumors. was reported to be resigning as Governor of the Bahamas and seeking U.S. citizenship. London and Washington semi-omcials expressed grave doubts. Said he: "Fantastic...
Crisis Talk. All three, WPBoss Donald Nelson, Navy Secretary James Forrestal, Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson, averred that they were anxious about the war labor situation. Donald Nelson used such phrases as "desperately acute," "a great danger," "very grave," and "serious" to describe the manpower needs in the casting and foundry industries, lumber, pulpwood and textiles...