Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Truman: No. "We would be running a very grave risk of starting a general war ... We would become entangled in a vast conflict on the Continent of Asia...
...Cairo, pudgy King Farouk proclaimed that his wedding next month to Narriman Sadek would be a simple affair in keeping with the grave state of the world. The bride-to-be was doing her part to help. She had held down her Paris trousseau to 30 dresses, 30 pairs of shoes, a few crates of hats and a $2,800 wedding veil...
Florida papers grumbled at the rebuke. But many other editors regarded it as a well-merited reminder that freedom of the press also carries the grave responsibility that it not be turned into license. Few newsmen want the British system, where the press is forbidden to print anything which might influence the trial in any way. But most would agree with Manhattan's World Telegram & Sun: "Freedom of the press is a precious right [which] too often has been abused at the expense of other precious rights equally entitled to the protection guaranteed by the Constitution...
Then he reviewed a parade, spoke at a big luncheon, whirled up to Columbia University, accepted an LL.D. degree, made a speech, whirled back, and went to another banquet. Bright & early the next day, he was driven up the Hudson. He laid a wreath on Franklin Roosevelt's grave, lunched with Eleanor Roosevelt, went on to West Point, reviewed a parade, listened to two 21-gun salutes (one coming, one going) by 105-mm. howitzers and hurried back to the city...
...better that her rusted shell Should rest beneath the wave; If naval hearts have turned to lead, Then leave her to her grave; Left flounders man her silent gun, Let squid now grasp her wheel; For men once bold, have lost their nerve, And only ships are steel! Stephen O. Saxe '51 and Andrew E. Norman '51, With thanks to Oliver W. Holmee...