Word: pomp
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...nights to avoid overdose). Part I begins with Ivan's coronation ceremonies at the Church. Eisenstien pays an extended amount of cinematographic attention to these ceremonies, replete with a panoramic view of the Byzantine style apse and the lugubrious countenances of the clergy. In the midst of all the pomp and circumstance of the Church and the court nobles, two smirking boyars (nobles) dump huge baskets of gold coins over the young czar's pointy crown. Ivan's gaze remains stoic as if he were merely caught in an everyday downpour. We know immediately that Einstein is on our side...
...truism that Americans expect and desire their President to have some of the qualities of a king. When noting this phenomenon, observers usually have in mind Air Force One, the Deaverish pomp of presidential events, the Secret Service agents who so resemble a monarch's elite household guard, the convoy of limousines that accompanies the President on his visits, and the other grandiose appurtenances of the presidency. Even Bill Clinton has benefited from this aspect of his office and so appears somewhat more imposing and regal than would the former Governor of Arkansas if he were treated like...
Commencement is a particularly Harvardian spectacle, with its share of colorful customs. The Sheriff of Middlesex County always attends--a practice that dates back to the 1600s, when University graduates and their guests sought protection from the threat of Algonquin attacks. The procession of faculty is a showcase of pomp and circumstance; professors march from University Hall to the Memorial Church steps, dressed in academic regalia and wearing the colors of their alma maters...
...caps and gowns, no Pomp and Circumstance, but a graduation of sorts took place last week, casually celebrated at a local restaurant in the Florida city of Melbourne. After three months of work, 22 men and women, ranging in age from 16 to 67, became the nation's first formally trained class of abortion protesters. Following the meal, and an Easter weekend of demonstrations at nearby abortion clinics, the graduates began dispersing to their homes across the country, where they will teach the tactics they learned in Florida...
...citizens are holding firm. They hope that help is coming. But so far, the C-130 transport planes droning over Gorazde have been destined for others. "The mountain trail can satisfy only 5% of our needs," says Gorazde Mayor Hadzo Efendic. And the airdrop? "The world has attached much pomp to that," he says...