Word: pomp
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Europeans tend to get nervous at times like this. The pomp and ritual that attend the start of a new American presidency?the parades down Pennsylvania Avenue, the handing over of the nuclear briefcase?induce a patriotic rush among Americans, but cause a frisson of anxiety in Europe. Not long ago, when a young, unknown Southern governor with little stated interest in foreign affairs won the presidency, gloom settled over many corners of the Continent. ?Nothing suggests (he) believes the problems of the planet are as serious as those of his country,? Le Monde sighed. ?We are facing an American...
...selective, temporary blackouts, however - hopefully avoiding hospitals and other critical areas - won't get the system off the brink. Deregulation, instituted with much pomp five years ago under Gov. Pete Wilson, started off strong. But when the Silicon Valley boom hit and demand skyrocketed, all those companies that were supposed to come to the Golden State to build new power plants and join the marketplace didn't come fast enough. Existing power suppliers had rising natural gas prices to worry about, and soon found ways to milk the market (and Cal-ISO) for as much as the traffic would bear...
...Jefferson was so opposed to Old World pomp and flummery that he wanted George Washington to be inaugurated privately in the general's own home. The day Jefferson himself was inaugurated, he celebrated by having lunch at his boarding house, where he had to wait to be seated...
...Rudenstine search is a story of pomp, circumstance and glamour. Clandestine meetings in a Chicago mansion, at the Boston Ritz and in the New York headquarters of consulting giant McKinsey & Co. The sudden death of a key search committee member. Dramatic, last-minute revelations in the candidate list...
...inauguration, like the search, was full of pomp and circumstance. Unlike the search, it was open. In a two-day gala--a far cry from Bok's 20-minute ceremony--Harvard featured famous faculty, alums and guests, including Yo-Yo Ma '76, Toni Morrison and Saul Bellow...