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...collection came to the U. S. on the invitation of Chicago's Cardinal Mundelein who wanted his guests at the 1926 Eucharistic Congress to see it. After the Congress, Dr. Vollbehr took his books on the road, showed them in many U. S. cities with great pomp & circumstance, hoped to sell them to a college or tycoon...
...Iceland for a friendly game of Lion & Mouse. The mouse was the trim little Danish orlogsskibe (coast defense ship) Nils Iuel of 4,200 tons. She carried Their Majesties Christian & Alexandrine, King & Queen of Denmark & Iceland, who had come to open amid international jubilation and with Icelandic pomp the "Mother of Parliaments" on her 1,000th birthday...
...blazing heat of a June afternoon, with flags flying, and confetti filling the air, Harvard once again gathers her brood about the maternal nest. With all the tradition and pomp accumulated through the centuries of a glorious past, the graduates old and new congregate to celebrate once again those four years of glowing life that Harvard has given to them. And all of the glitter and festivity, in spite of the fact that it is merely a passing show, reflects the spirit of appreciation that exists in those men whose true education began here...
...Pomp. "At 9:30, exactly on time, as always, the orchestra struck up God Save the King. As we all rose to our feet the royal procession entered, preceded by two Indians in scarlet coats and black and gold striped turbans, and officers walking backward, their swords held before them...
...predecessor, Alfredo Casella, what Bostonians want. He would give them, he had promised, no second session of unmixed serious fare. There would be generous quantities of light, easy music and the opening program, in Symphony Hall refurbished, was as good as his word. It included favorites like Whispering Flowers, Pomp and Circumstance. An encore was George Gershwin's Strike Up the Band...