Word: graveness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York State lottery ticket, and last week he found himself the winner of $500. Hall was not a bit sheepish about having indulged in such a capitalistic vice. To those who charged him with doctrinal impurity, he replied: "Marx said that the capitalist system creates its own grave diggers. Well, this is money for a few more shovels...
When a dog died-one that had faithfully guarded the Lindbergh babies ever since the kidnaping and death of Charles Jr.-Lindbergh insisted on digging the grave himself. "It seemed an obligation that I, personally, must fulfill, and in which I could not let anyone else take part." Once, to ensure the arrival on deadline of a manuscript by his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, he crawled out of bed to retype it for her, finishing at 6 o'clock in the morning...
...Your story about Mr. Frank Sinatra [Sept. 21] has done a grave injustice to a man who over the years has done more for the "little people" of the world than almost anyone else in show business. Mr. Sinatra has been a personal friend of my husband and myself for quite some time, and I have had many opportunities to see his concern for the individual. I am sure you will agree that the story of Frank Sinatra's charitable deeds around the world has been the topic of many conversations. Mr. Sinatra has never asked for recognition...
...brisker business than did peddlers offering pictures of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Shattered water mains were mended, but there were no pumps working to carry water to the top of Amman's hills. Over whole sections of the city hung the suffocating stench of death. A mass grave dug in the Ashrafiryeh section by the Jordanian army was discovered; it contained 45 bodies...
...thigh by a bullet and his M-l carbine was shot out of his hands. Taken alive to a nearby village, Che was executed the next day. After his hands were cut off for further fingerprinting, Che's body was burned beyond recognition and buried in a secret grave...