Word: greet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cardinal climbed into his black 1947 Ford and drove back to Warsaw. That night the cardinal's car swung into the courtyard of the primate's palace and its headlights picked out the kneeling forms of the cardinal's personal staff waiting to greet him and receive his blessing...
...legislature amended the law to permit dancing at Sunday weddings, "unless admission is charged," but any other sort of public dancing is illegeal; Saturday night dances end promptly at twelve. This is particularly burdensome when New Year's Eve falls on a Saturday, since all good citizens must greet the New Year by going quietly home...
...center of his painting, and became the great painter of the 19th century Romantic movement. Choosing a scene from the popular 14th century Portuguese romance of chivalry, Delacroix depicted the Good Knight Amadis de Gaule (whose exploits took him from Britain to Constantinople) as he strides, plumes tossing, to greet the Princess Olga, after he and his companions have forced the castle of treacherous Galpen. Banners wave, steel clashes on steel, the air is loud with clamor, even the sky is turbulent...
...reverent respect. Last week admirers by the thousands were gathering to honor him at the annual Casals Festival, this year being held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. But for the first time since the festivals began in Prades, France in 1950, El Maestro was not on hand to greet them...
...eminent stature and challenging thought with whom the student comes into contact, the William James Lecture series and particularly this year's lecturer is a worthy and welcome part of Harvard University. When Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer begins his lecture this afternoon, the audience will greet one of the world's foremost scientists and philosophers...