Word: solemnities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same spirit kept alive the interest in the Lampoon of many other Harvard men, that it had long since become the American institution that it is. For certainly, to an outsider, the Lampoon is more than an undergraduate humorous paper: It has an individuality. If it is a solemn undertaking to became a Harvard undergraduate, the Lampoon cases the yoke; if the Harvard undergraduate gets too serious, the Lampoon holds up the mirror to him. Satire and good-tempered wit are the most potent of controversial weapons, and in the hands of undergraduate editors who know how to handle them...
...into night is just turning, With a solemn dirge, by the dismal light...
...Senate. In double-breasted blue suit, Charles G. Dawes called the Senate to order. Eighty-nine senators, many in political "full dress," the Prince Alberts of yesteryear, were present at the solemn occasion. Of the four new senators, all except Mr. Nye were led to the rostrum by their colleagues, sworn in and allowed to sign the register. Senators rose up to congratulate the newcomers. Senator Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the first to shake the new Senator La Follette's hand. Mr. Nye's credentials were, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections...
...bell trousers or raccoon coat, not in three-cornered hat or prismatic necktie, but like a well-dressed politician in spats, Mr. Nicholas Longworth received a solemn delegation of men, all of whom he acknowledged as his brothers. They brought him a little wooden thing. Mr. Longworth smirked appreciatively and thrust out a hand interlocking his fingers with theirs in a way that is not to be described in public. Then one of his four brothers gave vent to speech...
...chuckled; it was a good line, the sort of thing that makes the News their favorite newspaper. They bent to scrutinize the photograph that was printed below- a picture of the funeral of the Queen Mother, Alexandra. There were King George and the Prince of Wales stalking with solemn strides; there were King Christian of Denmark in a plumed hat, the King of Norway and the King of Belgium, all marching with a sad air through the snow in the wake of the coffin...