Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...C.I.O. would risk its own future to protect honest unions from creeping corruption. The suspension would be lifted only if the Teamsters cleared Hoffa and his pals from the union and permitted the federation to correct Teamster abuses; otherwise, the Council would recommend expulsion by the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention. Grim and glum, Hoffa marched...
...same time we could make no greater mistake than to brush off this event as a scientific stunt of more significance to the man in the moon than to men on earth. We have had a grim and timely reminder of a truth we must never overlook−that the Soviet Union has developed a scientific and industrial capacity of great magnitude...
...missile program, but the loudest noise in the defense area in recent weeks had been made by Charlie Wilson genially hacking away at military expenditures that he had let get out of hand. Militarily, Sputnik, plus Khrushchev's bold rocket-rattling, gave a bald warning about the grim missile race to come. Beyond all this, the President was bound to bear the brunt of a special American reaction: the U.S. takes deep pride in its technical skills and technological prowess, in its ability to get things done-first. Now, despite all the rational explanations, there was a sudden, sharp...
This year stubborn, aging (69) Chiang Kai-shek could point to rumblings of revolt inside Red China, noted with grim defiance: "The question of material requirements, including manpower and other considerations, is not a major deterrent. What is more serious is that there seems to be a lack of self-confidence among some of us. There is a tendency to magnify the difficulty of achieving a final victory...
...survivors of the revolution maintain a grim sense of humor. "Have you heard that the new Hungarian calendar has only eleven months?" asks the first Hungarian. "Yes," replies the second. "Premier Kadar has eliminated October...