Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...side burial of the general and his mistress raises an interesting point. The fact is that some slaves wanted to be buried close to their white families, and in many instances it was done. One Mississippian told me that in his family plot there is one slave's grave now completely surrounded by the family. All of this came about because masters and slaves sometimes developed a deep sense of affection and loyalty not depending necessarily upon an adulterous relationship...
During the tumultuous upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, Mao Tse-tung's Little Red Book of Quotations from Chairman Mao became the Bible of Communist China. Now a letter has surfaced indicating that Chairman Mao himself had grave reservations about the cult of personality that engulfed him and his words in the mid-1960s...
...were spoofing the "We" of The Talk of the Town. Only once does he break tone and give a hint of the robust tall-tale telling of his native Texas. He describes his grandfather, who, with good looks and a bottle of Teamster's Early Grave, convinced a conservation-minded wood nymph to transform herself "into one million board feet of one-by-ten of the very poorest quality neatly stacked in rail road cars on a siding outside of Fort Riley, Kans." Barthelme concludes: "Actually, he just plain cut down the trees...
PRINCETON CORNELL -- The great Hoby Baker rolled over in his grave this fall, and Princeton's 1922. Team of Destiny has to live with its memories Dick Kazamaier sadly shakes his head, and Cosmo Jaccavazzi can only dream back to the days of the single wing. For Princeton vain Princeton will see its worst team in 25 years go down to defeat once again today Cornell...
...evening wore on. Kerry remained in seclusion most of the night and his absence heightened the anxieties of his supporters. He did not appear until 1:30 a.m. and then only to give a last-gasp, don't-give-up-the-ship statement. Kerry was reserved and grave in his remarks. "It's a very, very close election, he said. There was no sign of encouragement in his voice and his graveness only foreshadowed the concession that he was to make an hour later...