Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kanpus, who in the past had been the grim overseers of the communes, were now forbidden to "arbitrarily set output targets, mechanically arrange crop acreage, or rigidly introduce technical measures." As a final insult, the kanpus were told to seek guidance from "wise old peasants...
...boarded at their own expense (from $14 a week) at one of five London County Council centers, where husbands are allowed to visit only in the evenings until 9:30, and for a few hours at weekends. One of the biggest is South London's Newington Lodge, a grim, high-walled pile of sooty red brick. Known in welfare-state parlance as "suitable alternative accommodation"-though it lacks a sick bay, nursery, playroom and adequate toilets-Newington Lodge last week held 266 women and children from 72 fragmented families...
...Army's Command and General Staff College, I proposed the establishment of a national guerrilla force under U.S. Army auspices. I thought that I had come up with something original. It is most gratifying to learn that our citizenry still has the foresight to see a grim possibility and then to do something about...
...without Ohiri, who pulled a groin muscle, the picture is grim. Although it defeated a weak Columbia team 4 to 0, the Crimson fell apart without the Nigerian star in the Williams game, and lost 3 to 2. According to coach Bruce Munro, Ohiri is out for the rest of the season, and his appearance at Yale would have to be "a pleasant surprise." THE STANDINGS Team W L T GF GA TP Harvard 4 0 1 19 4 9 Brown 4 2 0 9 12 8 Yale 2 1 1 12 9 8 Princeton...
...plus megaton explosion, left room for only one topic on the usually crowded agenda: how the U.S. should act to protect its own interests. After listening gravely to his advisers, John F. Kennedy walked briskly into his oval office to meet waiting reporters. Rarely had they seen him so grim, so abrupt. "Just wait a moment," he said. "Just stop taking pictures for a minute." Then Kennedy laid two heavily edited pieces of paper on the green blotter before him and began to read...