Word: pomp
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Suggested by Scenes at the Fiesta in Santa Barbara (1927) Converse Victory Dance of the first Inhabitants--Spanish Padres and Explorers--The March of Civilization--Land of Poco Timepo--Invasion of the Gringos--Midnight at "ElPaseo" 1927 "Espana" Chubrier Overture to "Le Maschere" Mascagni "Molly on the Shore" Grainger "Pomp and Circumatance" Elgar
...catastrophe when the people at the next table object to "the colored man." Jâli in anguish escapes to San Francisco Chinatown, where an ancient watchmaker mumbles his philosophy of resignation and indifference. Comforted by the old Chinaman, disgusted with the Occident, Jâli returns to the pomp and ceremony of coronation in Karastra...
...unpretentious arrival of the second Reading Period, unheralded by the journalistic pomp and circumstance that greted its predecessor, has given in May the dignity of an accepted innovation to what was in January an educational experiment. But the Reading Period has not yet completed its own justification as a fixture in the Harvard curriculum. The increase in honor grades of two percent, the increase of one percent in satisfactory grades, and the decrese of three percent in grades below the level of C would offer insufficient space for the seal of official approval, even if grades were to be considered...
...bearded Archpriest whose rich vestments recalled the pomp of Holy Russia stood, last week, with streaming eyes beside the deathbed of Peter Nicholaie-vich, Baron Wrangel. The place was merely a retired suburban villa, near Brussels, Belgium; but, as Death came to the lanky care-worn Baron, men recalled how recently and with what high courage he and his Cossack army all but succeeded in overthrowing the Soviet regime...
Soon no knightly honor was so prized as membership in the "Society of the Garter," founded by Edward III, circa 1347. Today King-Emperor George V presides over what is now the "Most Noble Order of the Garter;" and last week His Majesty appointed with great pomp three new Garter-Knights...