Word: graving
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...Soviet embassy, and in New Delhi hundreds of Afghan exiles demonstrated in front of the Soviet embassy, raising clenched fists and shouting, "Down with the KGB." Perhaps the harshest criticism came from China, where the official party newspaper, People's Daily, termed the invasion of neighboring Afghanistan "a grave threat to China's security" and called upon other nations to give "moral and material assistance" to the guerrillas...
...major flaw. Even regular readers of the Enquirer and its ilk may err in guessing which of the following stories comes from the spoof and which from the "real" tabloids: - The Chinese Communist government is sabotaging the U.S.-by spreading herpes. - John Lennon speaks daily from beyond the grave to his widow Yoko...
...member of the Warsaw Pact. Foreign Minister Emilio Colombo announced that the Italian government had taken measures to reduce sharply Bulgaria's diplomatic presence in Rome and to make it harder for Bulgarians to enter Italy. He expressed concern that Bulgaria's action, if proved, would have grave consequences for East-West relations. Said he: "It would be difficult and dangerous to travel alone down a road that carries us to a conspiracy so complex and intricate...
...obscure as the one that cost Adam and Eve their Eden. Rick flees to Europe, which is the fallen world where Evil (the Nazis, Satan) is loose. He meets and beds the widow of Idealism. Idealism (meaning Victor) is dead, or thought dead, but it rises from the grave. Rick, losing Ilsa, falls obliviously into despair and selfishness: "I stick my neck out for nobody." He becomes an idiot in the original Greek sense of the word, meaning someone indifferent to his duties as a citizen...
...weeks ago, which pitted U.S. negotiators against the European Community over the issue of agriculture subsidies. Although the meeting generally was regarded as at least a setback to world trade, Tumlir saw in the desperate last-minute efforts to prevent an impasse proof that the main participants recognized the grave consequences of total failure. Concluded Tumlir: "If everybody were as pessimistic as the politicians, it would be inconceivable that the Western economies would have held so steadily...