Word: awe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cape, the cheers had long since faded. But the unself-conscious awe that swept over the missilemen and other observers hung on from the first moment of the rocket's majestic birth and the first wild dance of flame that fired it. Said one man: "There was something about the way it went up. No nonsense. It seemed to know what...
...their best, were like a liquid silver which filters through the fingers with a beauty that could be touched and felt, yet not held. For comedy there was "Walking Against the Wind," "Tug of War," and "The Tight Rope Walker." "Youth, Maturity, Old Age, and Death" was justly accorded awe-filled silence by the capacity audiences in Sanders Theater...
Designing them in masterful, detailed drawings, or working out the relations of masses with building blocks, Palladio took the massive, awe-inspiring design of classic Rome, domesticated it in terms of an intimate yet princely style. To oversee the construction of his villas (as many as four going up at the same time), Palladio floated leisurely up and down the Brenta on a splendid, gilded barge, equipped with a studio for his ten to twelve apprentices, shaded by a yellow-and-black linen awning. The villas that resulted won in later years the admiration of English Architects Inigo Jones...
...unerring accuracy of the CRIMSON's predictions for the New Year has long been an object of awe and admiration. Year after year after year, our predictions have proven to be. And once again, with typical humility and that traditional on ne sait quoi, the CRIMSON invokes its trusty Almanac and crystal bottle, and predicts the major events...
...painstaking trial 60 miles from Tokyo, Japanese Judge Yuzo Kawachi had effectively silenced the eagle screams. Verdict: guilty. Sentence: three years' imprisonment, suspended (i.e., not to be served). "I was terribly impressed with that Japanese court," said Alvin Owsley, the official American Legion observer. "I stood in awe. I was amazed at the fairness of Judge Kawachi...