Word: pomp
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Would War II heightened the pomp and seriousness of the traditional Commencement ceremonies this morning in the Sever Quadrangle as Harvard's first War Class JH 25 years received their degrees, and prepared to step into their place in the fight for freedom...
...minded President had strato-clippered the 2,875 miles from Lima to Bolling Field, where waited Franklin Roosevelt and pomp & circumstance. Although no parade had been scheduled, seven military bands and guards of honor at "present arms" flanked the four-mile route. In sockets on Franklin Roosevelt's "Sunshine Special," his big, shiny limousine, stood the Presidential flag and Peru's red-and-white banner. Government workers hung out of office windows. It was Washington's first parade since Pearl Harbor...
Thus, with all the pageantry of medieval times, with the most elaborate pomp since George VI himself was crowned, back in the days of peace, England last week enthroned the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremonies, attended by some 4,000 people, including 45 bishops, many another notable, lasted nearly two hours and a half. Notable absentees: Winston Churchill and Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the last Archbishop of Canterbury. Never-forgotten presence: the spirit of Dr. Temple's father, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 to 1902 and now lies buried 20 yards from the throne on which...
...15th Century, under the lavish rule of the Dukes of Burgundy, the rich bilingual country of Belgium (then known as Flanders) held, for a short time, the cultural leadership of the Western world. Flemish painters and musicians ranged over Europe with the pomp of diplomats, asked high prices from competing princes and even taught a lesson or two to the artists of the budding Italian Renaissance. Today the finest mementos of Flanders' peak century are the small paintings, done with the detail of miniatures that are known to museums and collectors as "Flemish primitives...
...great day so far as the weather was concerned. The night before, Washington had had its worst blizzard since Jan. 28, 1922, when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater fell in. It was not a great day for pomp and circumstance. No crowds, no band, only Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles and heads of the Army, Navy and Marines, were at Union Station to greet the visitor from Mexico...