Word: encomiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remarkable stability and success of Brazil's decade-old right-wing dictatorship. Its achievement has far-reaching implications, a fact that President Nixon accurately noted in an ebullient 1971 salute to the visiting Medici: "As Brazil goes, so will the rest of the Latin American continent." That encomium caused brass buttons to pop on Brazilian uniforms. It also chilled the political leaders of Brazil's neighbors-notably Argentina-who fear the imperial ambitions of a new "colossus on the make...
...response was so enthusiastic from U.S. listeners who were tuned in that Sinclair made a record of the editorial, with the strains of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in the background. Another Canadian, a news director named Byron MacGregor, 25, was so stirred by Sinclair's encomium that he too made a recording of it, with America, the Beautiful as background music. Sales of the records zoomed in five weeks to a total of 2.9 million copies, placing "Americans" in a class with the fastest-selling hits of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. In addition, just before...
...recent ad in a New York City newspaper contained the following encomium to an R-rated ("Under 17 re quires accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian") film: "Loud/ brassy/ biting/ clever/ fresh/ bold/ glittering/ offbeat/ compelling/ truth/ humor/ devastating/ fun/ hilarious/ murder/ rape/ comedy/ inventive/ caustic/ kinky/ droll/ raw/ jagged/ power/ demolishes...
Wilson has in the past criticized the low-tuition policies of the extensive state university system, which was built up by Rocky and stands as one of his proudest achievements. "I believe," said Wilson in an inauguration encomium to old-fashioned values, "that there is as much dignity in the labor of skilled hands as in the work of highly educated minds...
...setting carried the tongue-in-cheek warning: "Huddled in a congenial bar off lower Park Avenue, there lurks a band of renegades who at this very moment are plotting an outrageous assault on the time-honored traditions of gentlemen's journalism." The ad also quotes Breslin's encomium on his colleagues: "There's not a thinker in the crowd...