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Word: grievously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Messages of felicitation from every corner of the University were flying yesterday to the Massachusetts Avenue headquarters of a certain well-known figure in the educational world. The grievous mistake of a group of serenaders who had the brass to parade before said headquarters singing "There's no wolf around my door" has been brought to light with startling vividness with the announcement that there are now three Wolffs and an orang outang to assist delinquent students over the scholastic bumps. Whether the latest addition to Clan Wolff will be tutored by his playmate Peter or whether he will cast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 5/6/1937 | See Source »

...conspiracy to prevent others from working, they were charged with violating a New York statute passed in 1881. "A person who wilfully and maliciously . . . breaks a contract of service or hiring, knowing . . . that the probable consequence of his so doing will be to endanger human life, or to cause grievous bodily injury, or to expose valuable property to destruction or serious injury, is guilty of a misdemeanor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Brooklyn Misdemeanor | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

...ride the horses. It shows that there will always be a certain half-backed, deluded element who are the sheep led by the militarist higher up. Mr. Bertsch states that modern warfare is worthless without the proper, modern equipment to practice it with. He lays this grievous oversight to the American people and their lack of what he calls sense of preparedness. Just what does he mean by that? Of what great danger must we beware that we must become an armed camp? These generalities often quoted by militarists have no meaning whatsoever. Mr. Bertsch says, "We aren't practicing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/10/1936 | See Source »

...snap" field. Since its origin there has been a great increase in the number of concentrators, but there has been hardly more than a gesture made at increasing its allotment of funds. The double action of expansion within and budget rigidity imposed from without has show up grievous flaws. The need for internal reorganization and outside assistance is as obvious as it is urgent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CENTER ON THE PERIPHERY | 3/21/1936 | See Source »

Full text: "I have received with true satisfaction the loyal and affectionate address which the House of Commons has presented to me on the grievous loss I have sustained and my accession to the throne. I thank you for your expression of loyal attachment to my person. You may be assured that the first object of my life will be to maintain the liberties of my people and to promote the welfare of all classes of my subjects. I pray that by the blessing of Almighty God I may justify your trust throughout my reign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Object of My Life! | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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