Word: pomp
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...International War Crimes Tribunal" were all dolled up for their denunciation scene. French Novelist Simone de Beauvoir glittered in a silver lame blouse, while Playwright Peter Weiss, who had worn a corduroy jacket all week, donned a grey, striped business suit for the occasion. But all the pomp and ceremony could not add one bit of suspense to the peacenik extravaganza-or respectability to the "verdict." After nine days of canned and Kafkaesque testimony by Russell's loyal witnesses, Tribunal President Jean-Paul Sartre declared that the U.S. had been found guilty of a vast catalogue of "war crimes...
Feisal came to Britain for more than a bit of royal pomp. He fears that when the British protectorate of Aden gets its independence next year, Nasser's followers will swallow it up once British troops pull out, thus giving his enemy another stronghold on Saudi Arabia's flank. In discussions continuing through this week, he will try to persuade Prime Minister Harold Wilson to postpone Britain's troop withdrawal-perhaps indefinitely...
...Pomp & Glory. The two heads of state, twelve prime ministers, 18 foreign ministers and delegations from 53 other countries had come primarily to honor the man whom West Germany buried with the pomp and glory that his achievements warranted. Flanked by flowers, rows of his decorations and a military honor guard, the body of Konrad Adenauer lay in state in Cologne's soaring cathedral. As the country observed seven days of mourning, thousands of Germans, many in black, some weeping, filed past his bier in final tribute...
While all the pomp and all the military security that surrounded the American chiefs of state at Punta del Este was being dismantled this weekend, it was unclear just what this conference had actually contributed to the future of Latin America. There were two key themes of the meeting. The presidents formally committed their peoples to a "substantially operating common market" by 1985. And the United States firmly but politely let it be known that it supported the principle of preferential tariff policy by all industrialized nations toward the entire underdeveloped world, but would not accept Latin American demands...
...organizations, the Elks, Eagles and Moose may have the edge in membership, but when it comes to elegance, manners and good breeding, none can outclass the Metropolitan Opera Club. Nicknamed "The Penguins," because its members wear white tie and tails, the club is the last vestige of the courtly pomp and pageantry that once attended grand opera. Last week members sipped champagne and dined beneath crystal chandeliers in their sumptuous clubroom in the new Met, then adjourned to their two tiers of box seats to hear Die Meistersinger. It is a weekly ritual that has been going on no matter...