Word: pomp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Jimmy Carter [Aug. 15] may not want any pomp and ceremony, only casual informality, connected with his term in the White House, but could he please grant the leaders of other countries who visit our nation the dignity of not being dragged upstairs to be presented to his darling daughter? More than enough already...
They were gods in Egypt. Some two millenniums before the birth of Christ, cats were buried with the pomp of pharaohs, hi bronze coffins and mausoleums complete with mummified mice for delectation hi the afterlife. A drastic decline from this lordly state occurred when the early Christian church decided that the feline was a pagan minion of Satan intimately connected to wicked deeds of darkness. In pictures of the Last Supper, for example, the "bad cat" of Christendom sits at Judas' feet...
...summit's hosts, the British demonstrated that they remain the grand masters of pomp. Jimmy Carter may be a no-frills President, but that did not deter the British from launching one extravagant scene after another. At the Buckingham Palace dinner given by Queen Elizabeth II, gold-tunicked trumpeters of the Household Cavalry heralded the approaching guests. In the sumptuous state dining room, all rich red damask, velvet, marble, mahogany and gold, an eight-course feast (including salmon, chicken, carrots and string beans) was served on gold plates by footmen in scarlet tails and white waistcoats, assisted by pages...
Upstairs, Downstairs has been a class act-in both senses of the term. Handsomely produced, crisply directed and intelligently written, the program substituted warmth and nuance for the pomp and circumstance of most historical chronicles. The accomplished players (many of whom reassembled in Boston over the weekend for a PBS fundraising celebration) wore their period costumes like second skins. They became what they acted, and learned how convincing their performances were. David Langton (Richard Bellamy) has been accosted on London streets with inquiries about his TV family's health. Simon Williams (James Bellamy) was once challenged...
...Presidents have accepted the traditions of the office, moving from their own backgrounds into the prescribed ritual and style with minor adjustments here and there. Thomas Jefferson dressed simply and did walk to and from his Inaugural, but he adopted classic architecture and Louis XVI furniture. He eschewed the pomp of Kings, but he enjoyed regal dinners, which Carter does not. History suggests no correlation between the adoption of presidential tradition and success. Abraham Lincoln wore a stovepipe hat and saved the nation. Herbert Hoover often wore his tux to dinner-and nearly lost the country...