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...played picnics for young Negro girls, Mississippi riverboats on which the white people had never seen Negroes in tuxedos before, and dives where the customers cut and shot one another. One time he witnessed two women fighting to the death with knives. Out of those experiences, everything from pomp to humor to erotic charisma to grief to majesty to the profoundly gruesome and monumentally spiritual worked its way into his tone. He became a beacon of American feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUIS ARMSTRONG: The Jazz Musician | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...think the pomp and circumstance about the 25years of women at Harvard has been a tremendouscover-up for what Harvard doesn't do for women,"she says...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: RUS: STILL RELEVANT? | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...University prepares to send off its new graduates with all the fitting pomp and circumstance, the community nonetheless recalls a year spotted with tragedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Mourns Four Suicides | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Most agree that when it comes down to theofficial graduation ceremony, pomp, circumstanceand tradition makes the event much moremeaningful...

Author: By Hoon-jung Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class Day Grows Over the Years | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

...evening that combined Harvard pomp with Hollywood glamour, the Parade of Stars distributed statues last night for the best undergraduate dramatic productions, publications, student organizations and sports, among others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parade of Stars Showcases Talent | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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