Word: pomp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mother (and every mother's daughter) in the entire United Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland, is also heir to the classiest preserve of royal pomp and privilege left on earth: the British throne...
...pomp and ceremony. I would change nothing. Besides ceremony being a major and important aspect of monarchy, something that has grown and developed over a thousand years in Britain, I happen to enjoy it enormously...
...pitcher to reporters on the grounds that Lyle had a contractual obligation to report to camp early. Actually, Lyle was not bound to report until March 1. When he showed up-four days ahead of the contract deadline-Steinbrenner dispatched a high school band to the airport to play Pomp and Circumstance, while majorettes high-kicked their greetings. No man to be taken aback, Lyle quickly snuggled into the chorus line...
There's more pomp than circumstance in Donizetti's La Favorita. There is no onstage action in the opera, and the plot moves with godlike indolence. In the last century it was popular because of its pretty, skillfully written melodies and because 19th century audiences rather liked a long evening in the theater...
...ELECTION OF City Councilor Thomas W. Danehy as Cambridge's new mayor is a disappointment but it probably will not change the progressive orientation of Cambridge's administration. Under the city's form of government the office entails much more pomp and circumstance than actual power...