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Word: graving (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rhee's stand, a last-ditch menace to an armistice, was grave enough to warrant Dwight Eisenhower's intervention (see col. j). For the U.S., it became the first tough problem rising from the truce deal. Others as dangerous lay ahead. The truce left the whole issue of Chinese Commu nist aggression unsettled. The Chinese Reds not only were relieved of military pressure, but they were enormously more powerful in Asia, by reason of being encamped in North Korea. Until the Red troops vacate, a unified Korea has about as much chance as a unified Germany with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Truce, with Misgivings | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Only three years after he died insane and almost a pauper, the body of the great Russian Dancer Vaslav Nijislcy was quietly exhumed from an unmarked grave in London's Marylebone Cemetery to be reburied beside other artists in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The transfer was a tribute paid by Nijinsky's famous pupil, Dancer Serge Lifar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 15, 1953 | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Before Captain Rolland takes command of his ship, a grave-eyed girl named Genèvieve takes command of the captain. They marry and he takes her to sea with him. A few days out, Genvèieve gets seasick and stays seasick. Rolland, who is a different man at sea from what he is ashore, pooh-poohs her illness and sticks to the deck. Even when the first mate pleads with Rolland to land the sick woman, Rolland refuses. It takes him 20 days to round the Horn, and in that time he comes to know that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Conrad's Trade | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...somewhat distant. But they soon realize that his is Pusey's personal reserve and no indication of coolness toward them. He is appreciative of wit and a clever turn of phrase, but he is essentially a serious person. One long-time friend remarks that he always sees the grave side of things first...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Nathan M. Pusey: Culture Moves East | 6/11/1953 | See Source »

...somewhat distant. But they soon realize that his is Pusey's personal reserve and no indication of coolness toward them. He is appreciative of wit and a clever turn of phrase, but he is essentially a serious person. One long-time friend remarks that he always sees the grave side of things first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nathan M. Pusey: Culture Moves East | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

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