Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...still, so grim battles have proved, a Faith. Not fanatical, it engages the one talent that could be called uniquely British: to change without fuss, to change conservatively. At its core, perhaps, is belief in man and his dignity. The effort to define the Faith continues in the life and the thought of Britain...
Said Winston Churchill: "It's quite like old times again!" But the phrase was not wholly felicitous. To many a Londoner it was not quite like old times. The newest raids somehow did not seem to re-create the mood of grim exaltation in which Britain had ridden out the Great Blitz...
...Janeiro Carnival. There were no garish street decorations, no fancy-dress granfino (high society) parties in the Casinos. Priorities had hit the manufacture of langa (perfumed ether) with which hilarious Cariocas love to squirt each other. There were no tourists to goggle. The Chamber of Commerce, in a grim wartime mood, had washed its hands of the whole thing. But that was not enough to stop the Cariocas...
...England's only dixieland jazz band remains in doubt. The members of the band and its backers feel the cancellation keenly, but the departure of two of the sponsors is definitely scheduled for three weeks hence, and so the future of a "strictly jazz" night club in Boston seems grim...
...with "Sweden-Schweden" painted in huge letters on both sides. A dozen grave-faced Germans emerged. Out-prioritied, I resigned myself to the night train. While waiting for a taxi I stood around and watched the Germans. Their clothes looked unpressed and faded but still good. Their faces were grim. I particularly noticed one grey gentleman. He had on a fine, fur-collared coat and new overshoes, a prewar and rather frowzy hat. He walked and spoke with dignity and authority, but his face looked haggard...