Word: pomp
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Comrade Molotov, busy trying not to appear overawed by the pomp of his welcome, gave no hint. He lunched with Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and German bigwigs, then went to the Chancellery to attend to business with Adolf Hitler. He stayed there for three hours. Next day he spent two hours with Reich Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goring and an hour with Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess, sat through a four-hour luncheon with Hitler, Ribbentrop, Keitel and others. That evening he entertained the Germans at a dinner and reception at the Soviet Embassy. Having listened for two full days and publicly...
Justified or not, the conclusions are convincing. Director Ophuls injects his picture with an air of authenticity by occasionally weaving in remarkable newsreel shots of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in action-its soldiers, palaces, pomp. The death ride at Sarajevo (TIME, July 3, 1939), vividly reconstructed, includes such precise detail as the abortive attempt at assassination during the parade to the City Hall, the Archduke's angry retorts to the Mayor's friendly welcome, the confusion over changing the return route of the parade...
...ancient pomp stalked across Europe last week. Formalities and trappings moved up & down the continent. Adolf Hitler, the most grandiose tourist of all time, took a trip...
...says, palace red tape would keep him waiting until dinner time. Like the Little King, he loves simple pleasures. Once a year he retires to a floating pavilion next to his palace for 30 days' meditation, but no sooner has he entered with great pomp than he scoots out the back door, dallies 29 days with his 100 wives (in better days he had twice as many), slips back in, and on the 30th day publicly emerges, greatly refreshed from his meditations. He is frequently seen dressed in fantastic gaud, seated in a brilliant howdah atop a huge elephant...
...Pomp attended to, the Episcopalians got to business. The 130-odd members of the House of Bishops sat themselves down at workmanlike desks in the Auditorium's Little Theatre under the easygoing gavel of Bishop Tucker. (He asked his fellow prelates not to smoke during regular sessions: "I am not a fanatic against smoking but it does seem to me not altogether dignified.") The 500 clerical and lay delegates of the House of Deputies, under their president the Rev. ZeBarney Thorne Phillips of Washington (chaplain of the U. S. Senate), were more noisy, more informal...