Word: graving
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, without mentioning Joe by name, President Eisenhower came to the crux of the McCarthy problem. Said he: "There are problems facing this nation today of vital importance. They are both foreign and domestic in character ... I regard it as unfortunate when we are diverted from these grave problems-of which one is vigilance against any kind of internal subversion-through disregard of the standards of fair play recognized by the American people...
...nation cannot be made to suffer grave damage while Congress rediscovers its potency. McCarthy is part of the problem of White House-Congress relations−but he goes much beyond that. He hurts the nation's good name with its allies. He muddies the important Communist issue. He distracts the Government and the country from the grave perils and golden opportunities that surround...
...There are grave risks about this," the Marshal of the R.A.F. concluded. "But terrible perils are implicit in the situation I am discussing...
...appeared in an attempt to condemn the auditorium. Although procedures used to prevent the meeting from taking place were entirely lawful in regard to the letter, the spirit of the law certainly showed signs of dry-rot. This and many other incidents demonstrate that our traditional liberties are in grave danger. . . . Alan F. Sawyer...
...paper, Swiss federal law looks straightforward and strict enough. It sanctions abortion only if birth of the child would constitute "a danger menacing the life of the expectant mother or seriously menacing her health with a grave and permanent affliction." The gimmick is that in each of Switzerland's 22 cantons the law is interpreted according to the conscience of the majority...