Word: bestowal
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...meeting. To the 150,000 Bostonians who made a pilgrimage to the Armory over the weekend the 100 exhibits were so many sacred objects. Their devotion was often too deep to remain silent, and some of them hoped against against hope that Providence (or Detroit) might see fit to bestow one of these blessings on their family...
Resplendent in silken knee breeches and the broad blue sash of the Garter, he bowed low, first to bestow a token kiss on the young sovereign's hand, and again before shaking hands with her husband, Prince Philip...
...with Germany. What alone gave it significance was its place in a steady procession of Russian moves toward Germany-trade talk, a new offer (trickily qualified) for all-German elections, a bid for an exchange of diplomats between Bonn and Moscow. Russia still has an even greater favor to bestow: the return of an estimated 103,000 Germans still held prisoner by the Russians. Presumably this awaits the propitious moment...
...regret that we cannot bestow this 1954 award upon Cornell University. It surely had the opportunity to blaze a path for Harvard and others to follow. Instead, Harvard took the initiative as it has done so often in recent years...
Last week's procession, which took half an hour to pass the reviewing stand, was a relatively modest tribute to Argentina's strong man. Among the extravagant titles Perón's followers bestow on him is "World's No. 1 Sportsman"-which in sports-worshiping Argentina is rather more eulogistic than calling him, say, "World's No. 1 Statesman." In his younger days Perón was a boxer, skier, crack shot, swordsman, horseman, speedboater and racing-car driver. But in recent years motorcycling has become the aging (59) No. 1 sportsman...