Word: grievous
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...final grievous error is made in the interpretation of Dewey's theory of value. He did say that value was growth, meaning by that that the good life is being endlessly challenged . . . But this principle was translated into a complete lack of discipline for youth. Let them express themselves, it was said . . . only then will they grow...
Southern moderates were critical of Eisenhower, but more so-and more noisily-in public than in private. "A grave and grievous mistake," said Florida's Governor LeRoy Collins. ''Precipitous and unfortunate," added North Carolina's Governor Luther Hodges. "I am the governor of a state where I don't intend for federal troops to ever march," throbbed Tennessee's Governor Frank Goad Clement, tears welling out of his eyes. "Law and order in Tennessee will be preserved for Tennesseans. Is a bayonet going to be the bookmark of Southern education...
...unless the balance of $29,228,000 is restored, Dulles told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, "there would be harm to the nation which, in the opinion of the President and myself, would be real and grievous...
...Secretary-General Hammarskjold and his flea-sized army appeared Lilliputian figures alongside the forces they were to keep apart (the Anglo-French invasion force alone was 50,000 strong). In Egypt the puny army must somehow ensure that two of the greatest nations in Europe abandon with grievous loss of face a last-ditch attempt to dominate a region of the world vital to their survival as major powers...
...grievous throes...