Word: honorably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their shoulders and carried him in triumph to the town hall, where he spoke to the crowd from a balcony. Cupping his hands like a megaphone, he shouted, "United we shall win! United we shall win!" Then, accompanied by two tanks that rumbled along as a guard of honor, Constantine went to a local radio station and recorded a 15-minute speech. Royalist pilots flew the tape south to Larissa, a town in central Greece that had the only available transmitter...
...indolence of the King, the shallow depravity of Queen Maria Luisa (whose intrigues on behalf of her lover Godoy had reduced the Bourbon court to its final debility), and the self-centered vacuity of their relations. In imitation of Velasquez' 1656 portrayal of the royal maids of honor, Las Meninas, Goya painted himself into the picture as a prim, critical observer at his easel on the left of the picture...
Hundreds of students and Faculty members packed Lowell Lecture Hall at 9 a.m. to do him honor. Their standing ovation at the end of the lecture seemingly overwhelmed and bewildered the kindly Brinton. When his attempts to quiet the applause only increased it, he simply grabbed his hat and coat and fled...
...swore by my honor that the visits had nothing to do with politics. "Gamal," I told him, "if I had wanted to seize power I would not have resigned in June. And if you still doubt my intentions, I am prepared to prove my innocence before any military court." He said that this was not possible. I asked if he was ordering me to keep silent [about events leading up to the war]. "Yes," he said. I answered that I could not keep silent because it would be a betrayal of my duty and military honor. He said, "You better...
Francis Cardinal Spellman once said that he wanted only to have the fu neral of a simple priest. The Roman Catholic Church, however, is not inclined to honor its spiritual princes with the trappings of humility. His funeral last week - seen by millions on television - was the nation's most impressive since that of John Kennedy...