Word: pomp
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...news shocked, saddened, and in a strange fashion, inspired. A steadfast and modest King had died peacefully: this fact eased the sadness. The new Queen, young and popular, bore a proud name and the promise of a new era. In an age which prides itself on practicality, dismisses pomp as pretension, and regards royalty as an empty anachronism, the meaning of the Crown seemed suddenly clearer. Respect, earned and freely given, is its strength. Tyrants might demand but could not command loyalty so spontaneously offered. At a precarious moment in Britain's history, the passing of George...
...Delhi was fascinated by a western diplomat with so little regard for pomp & circumstance. Reporters thronged Bowles's first press conference, came away impressed with his smooth answers to touchy questions. Do Americans want war? "The average American," said Bowles, "is no more a warmonger than the average Indian." What did he have to say about lynchings in the U.S.? "This terrible heritage is being rapidly liquidated . . . but we are a long way from being perfect...
...chief meeting place of the College, and always much in use during big celebrations such as Class Day and Exhibition Day. Dignitaries from the outside world, including La Fayette, James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson, frequently were received in the chapel. When Jackson came, there was much pomp and celebration, probably more to the pleasure of the students than of the President, for "an oration in Latin" by an undergraduate was followed immediately by an address in Latin by President Kirkland, and Andrew must have had a time of it following the gist of things...
Song of the River. His funeral took place almost within sight of the house where he was born and of the daily on which he pyramided an empire. He was buried last week as he liked to live, in a blaze of regal pomp. The governor was there, the mayor, notables of publishing, screen, stage and public affairs. A movie-studio publicist shepherded the press. Flashbulbs blinked, newsreel cameras whirred. Somewhere in the crowd of 1,500, a woman fainted...
...Waldenses, who like to think of themselves as the first Protestants, were followers of a French merchant named Peter Waldo. They publicly objected to papal pomp and corruption, and in the 13th Century were driven into the hills, where they managed to survive despite sporadic attempts to exterminate them. One massacre inspired Milton to write his famed sonnet...