Word: honorally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...George Papadopoulos, the strongman of the ruling junta, pointedly failed to show up at the climactic banquet, pleading a sprained ankle. Archbishop Ieronymos, Primate of the Greek church, agreed to show up at the dinner only after it was made clear to him that he was the guest of honor...
...impressive testimonials to his significance. Critic Susan Sontag, in her introduction to The Temptation to Exist, calls him "the most distinguished figure writing today in the tradition of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein." And Nobel prizewinning poet, Saint-John Perse, hails Cioran as "one of the greatest French writers to honor our language since the death of Paul Valery. His lofty thought is one of the most rigorous, independent and interesting in Europe today...
...practice before taking on pro football's perennial world champions. Morale in the All-Star camp was so low-most of the rookies would rather have been off training with their own pro clubs-that Coach Norm Van Brocklin delivered a sermon. "I told them it was an honor to be picked among the top 50 college players of last season," said Van Brocklin. "And I told them that playing in this game was part of being...
Royal Secrets. Nicolson was more at home when the royal family chose him to write the official biography of King George V. The task consumed three years, but he obviously enjoyed it, not only because the assignment was an honor but also because it gave him the opportunity to interview all the members of the royal family. Characteristically, his diary entries during this period bustle with provocative footnotes to history. For example, his interview with the late Queen Mary, who discussed the relations between her husband George and his sons: "She said that the real difficulty had been with...
...people who make up the program for the Republican National Convention have trouble filling the time too. For both sessions on Monday and the one Tuesday night, they had to find a glittering cast of speakers who would bring honor to the Republican party without touching at all on the question of who should be nominated. To be sure, Barry Goldwater, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Mayor John V. Lindsay in their own ways indirectly supported their choices for the top spot on the ticket through what they said, but for the most part those first two days were uncontroversial...