Word: solemnization
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Since VCRs have become the current wedding present of choice and hence may not be available to some couples until it is too late for Miss Manners' tape to be of any prenuptial planning benefit, some more immediate guidance may be called for. Remember the solemn words of Ted Schmidt, general manager of the socially favored Peter Duchin Orchestras: "For weddings, there are no second takes." All right, then. Action...
...simply naive to argue that Arbatov and his superiors do not treasure these opportunities to stand in front of Western audiences, complete with pinstripes and solemn faces, and lecture on the evils of the U.S. One might even say they value these chances...like a medal...
...keeping with the community's role in providing a spiritual haven from an increasingly complex and harried modern life, it seems like a world away inside the monastery despite its proximity to Harvard Square. The monastery is a quiet, peaceful place with no pretention. The atmosphere is solemn but humble, and the only ornamentation is in the stained-glass windows of the chapel. In short, the monastery is about as different from the Square and the University as possible--which may be the key to its popularity...
...prepared to "kill one to teach 100" a lesson. Last week the People's Daily, China's official newspaper, drove home the meaning of the Shanghai trial: "Among the six criminals, some are workers, some are cadres and some are children of high-ranking officials. The court's solemn conviction strongly demonstrates the principle that everyone is equal before...
...many younger architects, the post-postmodernists. Like millions of self-conscious moderns, though, Mies tended to equate a kind of compulsive candor with Truth. Asymmetry, architectural ornament and symbol were deemed dishonest, sentimental. His idea of order was a kind of neurotic Mr. Spock classicism, as if the solemn, repetitious expression of a building's structural components was proof of virtue...