Word: solemnization
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...events continued after the performance as a procession of about 20 students went on a solemn candlelight walk through Harvard Square, stopping only to explain the symbolism of the walk and to re-light flames extinguished by the occasional gust of wind...
...Egregious wordplay apparently honors that heritage. Actor Vincent Pastore, known as informant character Big Pussy, says the cast was not planning to march in character. "We were [in the parade] before we were Sopranos. We're actors; we just get on the float." Sadly, since Yom Kippur is a solemn occasion, the cast didn't celebrate that day with a parade either...
...Games will never be the same. Sydney has changed things, perhaps forever. Gone is the notion that the Games are supposed to be a serious affair. To the motto "Swifter, Higher, Stronger," Sydney has added "Not Quite So Solemn...
...dedication, church president Gordon B. Hinckley led the group in hymns and prayer. But the solemn tone masked the deep excitement of Mormons in New England and at Harvard at having a temple of their...
Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Random House; 639 pages; $26.95) is a serious but never solemn novel about the American comic book's Golden Age, from the late 1930s to (and this could cause a generational squabble) the early 1950s...