A cascading reminder of the first moments of our first born, the tiny vermilion girl, shorter by far than my forearm, weightless, effortless in triumph over hopelessness, over the awful, insistent, corrosive gravity of current events.
"The prime minister is completely seized of the gravity of the current situation," a spokesman said.
The historical nature of the problem only underscores the gravity of the current situation.
Given the gravity of the current situation and the potential threat to American interests, that may not be soon enough.
"The rumor of an explicit government guarantee for the G.S.E.'s speaks to the gravity of the current situation," said Margaret Kerins, a strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital.
At the same time, the association "is aware of the gravity of the current situation and the mood of the nation," he added, urging member agencies and their marketer clients "to exercise sensitivity as they begin to resume advertising".
"The rumor of an explicit government guarantee for the G.S.E.'s speaks to the gravity of the current situation," Margaret Kerins, a strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital, told The New York Times.
"Given the gravity of the current situation, it is not surprising that more and more Venezuelans are prepared to take to the streets to express their profound discontent with the government's ineptitude and the country's rapid descent," he said.
But the gravity of the current moment in U.S. political life made it feel earned. .
Conservatives have a right to disagree with a Democratic administration, but are they seriously blind to the gravity of the current economic crisis?
The aim was to lampoon the suggestibility of public figures willing to repeat, with feeling, any nonsense they are told, the bogus gravity of much current-affairs television, the hypocritical voyeurism of media coverage of sex and crime, and a lot else besides.
