Word: pomp
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...symbols, there were aplenty: the Queen and Prince arrived in the U.S. from Canada, landing, in their R.C.A.F. plane near Williamsburg, Va., at a place called Patrick Henry Airport. Spaced among a dozen occasions of ceremonial pomp, they spent the day touring the old, restored towns of Williamsburg and Jamestown, which is celebrating the 350th anniversary of the first permanent British settlement on American shores. Through it all, crowds of eager-eyed onlookers strained at the heavily guarded barriers, marveled at Elizabeth's cordially regal attitude, Philip's smiling nonchalance. "Say," said...
...with a minimum of slapstick. The two young lawyers have a bout with two judges on the golf course, flounder on the floor of Miss Smith's darkened room, and rejoice happily in their own lack of brilliance. The dialogue is rapid and restrained--a mild spoof on the pomp and powdered wigs which characterize the British legal fraternity...
...have defied Moscow and lived to tell the tale, last week's meeting sometimes seemed less a diplomatic conference than a family reunion. From the crowds that cheered Gomulka through Belgrade came shouts of "Welcome to Poland's Tito!" Catering to the simple tastes of his guest, pomp-loving Marshal Tito even abated somewhat the imperial splendor of his parties. ("Comrades who do not have a dinner jacket will be welcome in a dark suit.") They adjourned to the Adriatic island of Brioni, where Tito lives it up in one of Mussolini's old playgrounds...
Alfried Krupp's private life is far removed from the pomp and circumstance of his position. A lonely man who has few personal friends, does not attend any church, he long ago moved out of Villa Hügel now lives alone in his 15-room house near by. His first marriage to once-divorced Anneliese Bahr, daughter of a prominent manufacturer, ended after four years in 1941, when his father, who had opposed the marriage, threatened to disinherit him. The son by the marriage, Arndt, 19, is studying in Switzerland, is expected to succeed his father as head...
...country-was nearing its climax. Fifteen finalists stood out, having shown more good looks than their 29 sisters representing the beauty of their respective areas. Poured into white bathing suits, the girls swiveled decorously down a runway under the judges' fastened, clinical eyes. Then, with the pomp of a St. James's coronation, the winner was crowned: Leona Gage (Miss Maryland), 21, a dark-haired stunner (5 ft. 9½ in., 118 Ibs.; 36-23-36). The prizes: a $1,000 wardrobe, a $2,000 contract with a cosmetics firm, a house trailer, a European trip...