Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS, by David Meriwether. Old David Meriwether is firmly fixed in U.S. history as a two-fisted early Governor of New Mexico Territory, but this autobiography, dictated to a granddaughter and published for the first time some 72 years after his death, gives a grim but fascinating account of his early days as a knockabout on the wild frontier...
...Cong in South Viet Nam directly-or give them a share in any postwar government of South Viet Nam. To do so, Washington adjudges with reason, would be to hand over at the conference table what the Communists are now trying to win on the battlefield. Such are the grim realities of the struggle in South Viet Nam that there is in fact very little to negotiate about, so far apart are the minimum positions of the two sides (see ESSAY...
...LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS, by David Meriwether. Dictated to a granddaughter and now published for the first time 72 years after his death, this gruffily matter-of-fact autobiography overflows with anecdotes that show life on the early American frontier as a grim and dangerous business...
Clearly, there was a need to lighten the grim situation, and the need has been met in the form of the bangasa, the traditional Japanese parasol. Stores around the country are selling an improved version, made in Japan, to the specifications of U.S. Importer and Designer John Reynolds. The first few sessions under a bangasa, which is fashioned of oilpaper and bamboo, are as heady as a day in a glue factory; but the smell of varnish soon fades, and what is left is an exercise in esthetics...
They fought grim odds and knew no fear, They kept their honor high and clear, And, facing arrows, guns, and knives, Gave Texas all they had-their lives...