Word: pomp
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...county level last went off on September 19 at the Democratic Primary. For the county aspirants, November's hopes were nothing compared to the anxieties of winning the primary. Many good men fell by the wayside in the plethora of close intraparty races, and now all the pomp and excitement seems to zero in on Brooke vs. Tsongas, King vs. Hatch, Bellotti vs. Weld, where it once pondered Droney vs. Harshbarger, Twomey vs. Antonelli, and Shannon vs. the World...
This was no affair for the likes of political dissidents or even government department teaching fellows. Deans Jackson and Graham Allison contended the demonstrators threatened the dignity of the opening ceremonies. The demonstrators may have disrupted the gratuitous pomp and circumstance, but how can political expression interfere with the teaching of responsive public service...
...confront the South Africa issue openly and forcefully. Meanwhile, the often crude and threatening efforts of Kennedy School administrators to deter the protestors from having their say -- including their insistence that the demonstrators violated an "agreement" that never existed -- reflects a frame of mind that values the forms of pomp and ceremony over the substance of debate about meaningful issues. We sincerely hope that this reluctance to deal with reality will not continue to plague the school's administration...
...There are no great deeds of this pontificate to recall," said England's George Basil Cardinal Hume sadly. Deeds, no. Impact, yes. Especially after the intellectual austerity of Paul VI, his successor's radiance, humility, directness and lack of pomp immediately endeared him to masses of people in a media age, as if they had befriended him by wire. "I felt that if I had a problem, I could go to this Pope and talk to him about it," said Father John T. Pagan of New York's Little Flower Children's Services. For many he seemed to rekindle singlehanded...
...join in the sorrow at the passing of the Pope, we also hope that the Church he headed will continue in the style he adopted. The selection of a new Pope who shuns the pomp and formality of ancient tradition, and instead addresses the pressing social and religious issues of the day, would be the best way to fulfill the bright promise of John Paul's reign...