Word: somberness
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...borrow heavily in order to finance the construction of new 767 and 757 airliners. Phelps Dodge, which announced earlier this month that it is temporarily closing all of its copper mines, laid off about 3,800 of its workers and reduced salaries by as much as 8%. A somber Henry Kaufman, the Salomon Bros, economist, informed Congress last month that American business "has been devastated by the debt explosion. Our economy and financial markets are more fragile than at any time since the end of World...
...Kennedy-Hatfield resolution has attracted only 20 supporters in the Senate, it has a better chance of passage in the House, which last week held an extraordinary eight-hour arms-control debate. The most recent comparable session was a discussion of the Viet Nam War in 1969. In somber tones Speaker Tip O'Neill spoke of the overabundance of warheads possessed by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Said he: "What is happening to us? What is the cause of this madness? I hope and pray the [freeze resolution] will provide the vehicle to stop this arms race." Republican Leader Robert...
Good Friday is more somber. The zigzagging Via Dolorosa, so named only in the 16th century, is packed with pilgrims following in Christ's footsteps to Calvary. "We adore thee, O Christ ... Thou hast redeemed the world," the Franciscan monks chant in Lathi as they lead their flocks through the Arab market, through the 14 stations of the Cross. Past the small Polish chapel that marks the spot where Jesus staggered and fell under the burden of his Cross, past the Armenian church that commemorates his encounter with his mother, past the Greek chapel that honors St. Veronica...
Wearing flamboyant orange berets and somber brown camouflage uniforms, the 676 members of the 82nd Airborne Division bounded down the ramps of the two blue-and-white El Al jumbo jets. After a 14-hr, flight from Fort Bragg, N.C., they were emerging into the 80° temperature of the Sinai Peninsula-and spearheading a new role for the U.S. in the Middle East. There was a brief delay when it was discovered that the soldiers, like careless tourists, had forgotten to fill out Israeli immigration cards. Finally, clutching their M-16 rifles, the men set off on a nine...
...pleased to announce a change in management," intones a somber-looking display advertisement. But behind the familiar type and layout style is not the characteristically purposeful lineup of executives in a boardroom. Instead, a body in a business suit crashes out through a skyscraper window...