Word: scatteringly
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Since 1884, the Roman Catholic Church has formally disapproved cremation. Many Hebrews also frown on it, though Sir Philip Sassoon of the great Jewish banking family had a bomber squadron scatter his ashes. The Church of England sanctioned ash-scattering in 1944, if disposal were on consecrated ground. No Britain of top prominence has yet availed himself of the method. Although the last two Archbishops of Canterbury were cremated, as was Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, none asked that his ashes be scattered. (But South Africa's Jan Christian Smuts had his ashes scattered on a hill at his farm...
Neither show came off. Before boarding his U.S. Army Air Force plane at New Orleans, González canceled the civic welcome because he thought it an extravagance. When the time came, the Communists did little more than scatter a few leaflets in the streets. Otherwise, they were lost in the crowds whose spontaneous applause and cheers were the best indication that González' popularity is still high...
...state where it was hatched, the Charter of the United Nations fluttered home to roost last week. A California court of appeals used it to throw out a California law. The opinion, if upheld, might scatter confusion through the laws of the 48 states...
...runs crossed the plate in the second, and Dave Gilbert went on to scatter seven Gold Coaster hits and strike out 12 to earn...
...Rome, Red truculence was cooled off by an old technique. Scelba's men used high-pressure water hoses to scatter street demonstrators...