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Word: graveness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day, grave old Senator Walter George, Finance Committee chairman, called in reporters. Henry Morgenthau's criticism, said he, came with "exceeding bad grace," especially from a man who had never offered any suggestions on renegotiation. In fact, said Senator George, warming up: Henry Morgenthau knew nothing at all about contract renegotiation, and even less about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Renegotiation Flight | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

Next day she died and Vladimir dug her a shallow grave with a pocketknife. Her service revolver he took as a souvenir. Militsa is now a ward of Marshal Tito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Incident on Green Mountain | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

...humours, whether grave or mellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Drinking Man | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

...went over the log fort, Tassone expertly dropped his blade. The pillbox collapsed. Methodically, as if he were smoothing a rough spot in a road, Tassone bladed earth over it. After the battle, the hasty grave was shoveled open: twelve bodies and a large new gun were exhumed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: Resistance Buried | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

...They lifted the coffin over the grave hole while Grandpa pulled the flag from over the coffin. They lowered Uncle Kim down into the mountain earth to the bottom of his shallow grave. . . . Now the great procession of people moved down the mountain faster than they had climbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lonesome Mountain | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

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