Word: solemnizations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secretary pregnant, he is compelled to marry her. But then the girl herself breaks the code. She has an accidental mis carriage before the wedding but does not tell him and she gets her punishment-the marriage is annulled. Keeping solemn tab on the retributions, not to mention the whole 32-character plot line, is the responsibility of Peyton Place's "story board." The board, consisting of three senior writers, and aided by a constantly updated chart presentation that probably has no counterpart outside the Pentagon's "war room," lays out each episode. Five junior writers then turn...
Continued Johnson: "We are in Viet Nam to fulfill one of the most solemn pledges of the American nation. Three Presidents-President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and your present President-over eleven years have committed themselves and have promised to help defend this small and valiant nation. Strengthened by that promise, the people of South Viet Nam have fought for many long years. Thousands of them have died. Thousands more have been crippled and scarred by war. And we just cannot now dishonor our word, or abandon our commitment, or leave those who believed us and who trusted...
...eccentric, in line with the curious behavior of the English." I did make the comment that same day when planting an oak tree to commemorate the first cricket match ever played in Belgium by British officers on the eve of the battle. The ceremony at Hougoumont, however, was a solemn and very impressive religious service, and your report places these words in the wrong context...
...shock and disbelief of what is still an incredulous minute in American history, he became President. I shall never forget that day. He sat in the cabin of Air Force One, a scant few minutes after the assassination, solemn, grim, his face an unyielding mask. All around him everyone was in various states of shock, nearing collapse. But the new President sat there, like a large grey stone mountain, untouched by fear or frenzy, from whom everyone began to draw strength. And suddenly, as though the darkness of the cave confided its fears to the trail of light growing larger...
After three days and nights of argument, Couve exploded in a rare, undiplomatic burst of emotion. "Too much has been asked of France!" he cried. "Solemn engagements have been broken. It's absurd to continue." And with that, he scurried back to report his defeat to an angry De Gaulle. The Elysee Palace issued an ominous ultimatum: France henceforth would boycott all Common Market meetings while its government makes "the studies necessary to draw conclusions from the setback." This was a clear threat to withdraw from the Common Market...