Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Marienkirche, in the eastern sector of Berlin, is a grave, 13th century church with the mien of a sanctuary and the promise of a mighty fortress. It stands behind the Iron Curtain of Christendom's enemy, and there are signs of struggle within and around it. Some of the choir boys who will sing its 16th century chorales in this troubled Eastertide wear the bright blue shirts of the Freie Deutsche Ju-gend, East Germany's Communist youth group. Last February, one of its clergy, Pastor Reinhold George, was arrested by Red security police a few yards from...
Wide Plans. With Convair, Hopkins' immediate prospects are not quite so rosy. The loss of the B60 contract was a grave shock to ex-Boss Odlum. But Convair still has a backlog of more than $1 billion in orders for its military planes and its pressurized Convair 340 transport. Last year it netted $10,400,000, close to its World War II peak ($12,300,000). With Convair in the fold, Hopkins hopes to make General Dynamics both general, dynamic, and radioactive...
...have grave doubts about Senators McCarthy, Jenner and Velde. But however crude their procedure, they have discovered, and they have made the public aware that something is badly wrong with America's educators and intellectuals...
...artist replied: "I am no longer a Catholic; I do not believe-but I understand. Many of the people I love best are Catholics, and for them religion is important. I will try to make a good thing that will serve them." Bishop Mousinho had grave doubts at first: not only was Portinari a Communist; in 1946 he had painted some murals for a church at Pampulha full of such strange, angular distortions that the church refused to consecrate the building...
During the past 24 hours, Stalin's condition has remained grave. The cerebral hemorrhage . . . has also impaired the stem section of the brain, respiration and blood circulation . . . The patient is in a state of sopor-profound unconsciousness...