Word: gravely
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...London a grave disservice with such misrepresentation of facts. . . . You suggest that Londoners are living on the last spurt of energy which so often galvanizes a dying man. This is untrue and unworthy of TIME...
...Grave, grey Nicholas ("Miraculous") Murray Butler forewent the "merry" in greetings to his Columbia students, wished them instead "a safe, quiet and fortunate Christmas given over to strengthening ourselves for whatever stupendous task of idealism and faith that the year 1941 will bring...
...people wanted facts-no matter how hard, cold, disillusioning. In every way they knew how, Americans asked last week-How grave the peril? How great the sacrifices? How heavy the burden? How huge the task? Franklin Roosevelt was the man they wanted the answer from...
...philosophy the speeches were a world apart, but their likeness was striking. Neither was polished. Hitler used too many theses and thoses and Lord Lothian too many buts. Each tacitly admitted grave military weaknesses on his own side. Both agreed that the war is not war but a revolution; that it must be fought to the bitter end; that Germany is fighting not only Great Britain, but the world of capitalism and free enterprise as represented by Britain...
...unanimously urge," the letter continues, "the necessity of a clear recognition that the emergency grows more rather than less grave as the days pass. We urge that all appropriate measures be taken to advance the defense program, and increase the production of vital supplies...