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...pages to go, she rushes in scented, scintillating Cousin Cedric, the new heir from Canada, to charm Lady Montdore off the shelf. A face lifting, some rigorous massage and the trick of pronouncing the word "brush" before entering the drawing room (it fixes her smile) convert her Edwardian pomp into a garish girlishness. Cedric completes his round of conquests by capturing Polly's husband, who has lost his interest in women anyway, and whisking him and Lady Montdore off to a gay Paris holiday. "So here we are, my darling," chortles Cedric to an old friend, "having lovely cake...
...unusual, but this time there really was a high-school commencement going on inside. One night last week the senior class (13 boys) of the Capitol Page School, one of the most uncommon academies in existence, got its diplomas almost like any other senior class, with the playing of Pomp and Circumstance, a welcome by Principal Orson W. Trueworthy, an address by John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, and a misspelling ("salutorian") in the program...
...official box. The crowd was hushed as the Governor spoke. "I now open Rugby Week," he said. The crowd thought briefly of the half crown admission price and then cheered good naturedly. Two teams surged onto the turf. Rugby Week in Bermuda had indeed begun, and for pomp and parties, there is nothing quite like...
...diplomatic hay in. The State Department's new building in Foggy Bottom, in an architectural style no longer Greek and not yet modern, bustled with their comings & goings. Inherited from the War Department in 1947, "New State," as the cab drivers called it, was little used to such pomp & circumstance. Its bare rooms held few memories; its stark corridors suggested no history. Even its name lacked the savor of Quai d'Orsay or Whitehall...
Station members also point out that Network men are handy to have around "when one of those infernal machines blows out." The standard procedure in broadcasting crises is to throw on the record "Pomp and Circumstance" and call the Network post-haste. Last term WHRV men installed a mike light for the girls, and David Barton '50 is planning to rebuild the Radio Radcliffe transmitter during spring vacation...