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Word: pompously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believer." On the other hand, Catholics can rightly argue that "there is a profound dislocation of a sacramental nature found within Protestantism." But true Christian spirituality, McDonnell argues, requires both framework and freedom. "Without the framework the way is easily open to a prayer which is emotional, subjective, pompous; without freedom prayer becomes mechanistic, frigid, oblivious to the needs of the local church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theology: Protestant & Catholic: The Disparity Beyond Dogma | 1/14/1966 | See Source »

...farewell to his troops was a bit pompous, but not in the least over stated: "It has been an honor to have led you in the four glorious campaigns in which the Fifth Commando changed the face of the Congo and altered the course of history." With that, Lieut. Colonel Mike Hoare, 47, last week said goodbye to his 250-man force of white mercenaries and departed the Congo for a round-the-world cruise on his 38-ft. yacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Changing Guard | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

Shrewd was scarcely the word for Adams when he arrived in Paris early in 1780 to take up his duties as U.S. peace commissioner. He was green, scared, pompous, moralistic and tactless. Vergennes, the French Foreign Minister, who intended to be "master of the peace," gave a sharp tug on the purse strings and "persuaded" the Continental Congress to divide its peacemaking powers among five commissioners.* A little later he also forced Congress to instruct its commissioners "to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace without the knowledge and concurrence of the ministers of France." To make sure these incapacitating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Entangling Alliance | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...important things to say." The industrial designer demurred: "What do they really know? You've given us more of your real feelings already than this psychiatrist. Take away his fancy vocabulary, and what have you left?" The actress chimed in: "Doctor, I feel you've been very pompous and aloof all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psychiatry: The 300- Year Weekend | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

From the beginning, Commencement in Cambridge has been an amusing combination of pompous ritual, serious academic dissertation, reunion with old associates, honors both earned and merely bestowed, and festive entertainments...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Commencement: A Melange of Tradition | 6/17/1965 | See Source »

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