Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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North Vietnam's foreign minister said in a broadcast over Hanol's official news agency that the bombings posed "a grave threat to the work of the Paris conference on Vietnam...
...Charles de Gaulle composed a tribute to Napoleon Bonaparte that could serve as his own epitaph: "In spite of the time that has gone by, of opposing sentiments and new subjects for mourning, crowds from every part of the world render homage to his memory and near his grave abandon themselves to a shiver of grandeur...
...example. Image: Daumier doctors (no, not Daumier) attend to the ailing Cardinal Mazarin. They assume grave countenances and huddle aside for a conference with Colbert, Mazarin's aid and confidant. Diagnosis: lung dropsy. Prescription: bleeding and the ingestion of rhubarb and precious stones. The opening sequences of Louis XIV possess all the touches of realism that we have come to expect of contemporary, slice-of-life realism, but it is a realism rendered bizarre by its historical setting. Realism reified, alienated. If the characters believe the witchcraft of the doctors, can we be sure at any moment that we know...
...consumer. The large unions in industries like trucking or construction have far more strength than the small, independent employers, who simply bow to wage demands, accept restrictive labor practices and pass on the increased costs to their customers. But many other industries?notably autos, steel and chemicals?run grave risks of losing markets when they kick prices up. Foreign automakers already build 15% of the cars that Americans buy. G.M.'s new Vega subcompact, which was designed to compete against the Volkswagen, had to be priced $211 higher than the Beetle. Other companies, similarly pressed, are shifting operations overseas...
...continued ability to do business as usual, seem safe-for the moment. But the rescue raises some extremely disquieting questions. If Goodbody was not secure, what other firm, apart from Merrill Lynch, is? Considering that Goodbody as long as two years ago was reliably rumored to be in grave difficulty, why did the New York Stock Exchange fail to take action until the last minute...