Word: solemnization
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...entire nation is focused today on the dead so that we, the living, might continue to ignore an unpleasant truth. That truth, the awkward secret lurking behind this day’s solemn pomp, is that the dead of last September died for no reason at all. The search for meaning, what might crassly be called “closure,” is doomed to fail. These dead have died in vain...
...doubt," says a European diplomat, "that it would be better to do it in company." Thus Bush's speechwriters, before his U.N. appearance, were considering a heavy internationalist tone. ("He'll be Mr. Multilateral," says an aide.) The President is expected to remind the assembled leaders of their solemn duty to see that Iraq is forced to comply with U.N. resolutions passed in the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991; Iraq, say the British, is presently in breach of 23 out of 27 obligations. But there will be a subtext. Bush's bottom line, says a senior Administration official...
...capital's municipal firehouses, dug the cold war-era Geiger counters out of their green canvas bags--some still bearing the old Civil Defense logo--and shipped them off to New Jersey for recalibration. Some of the counters' handbooks are dated 1963. All that's missing is a solemn voice intoning, "Everyone, remain calm...
...Harvard Commencement has been mostly a solemn affair for the last century...
...computers require such sensitive handling, a new breed of specialists have grown up to tend the machines. They are young, bright, well-paid (up to $30,000) and in short supply. With brand-new titles and responsibilities, they have formed themselves into a sort of solemn priesthood of the computer, purposely separated from ordinary laymen. Lovers of problem solving, they are apt to play chess at lunch or doodle in algebra over cocktails, speak an esoteric language that some suspect is just their way of mystifying outsiders. Deeply concerned about logic and sensitive to its breakdown in everyday life, they...