Word: solemnizations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That evening, chauffeured black Cadillac limousines came in steady, solemn procession to the west entrance of the White House for an urgent meeting of the National Security Council. In the Cabinet Room, Johnson let the NSC know that the only question was not whether to retaliate, but where. "The worst thing we could possibly do," said the President, "would be to let this go by. It would be a big mistake. It would open the door to a major misunderstanding." He continued: "I want three things: I want a joint attack [including Vietnamese as well as U.S. planes]. I want...
Bequeathed by the British, Ghana's judicial system displays all the solemn trappings of the Old Bailey, complete with decorous courtrooms and gowned-and-wigged judges. Far higher than the law of the land is Osagyefo (Redeemer) and President Kwame Nkrumah...
...itself. Beginning immediately, said Giscard, France will settle all its foreign deficits by paying in gold-a fairly painless move in view of the fact that France has no deficits. More ominously for the U.S. and Britain, he called on the West's major nations to make "a solemn and unequivocal declaration" that from now on they too would settle their deficits in gold instead of in dollars or pounds-an open invitation to everyone to trade in dollars and pounds for gold...
...want lots of soldiers and bands." As the solemn leavetaking was acted out last week, a great drama and a great work of art in every ceremonial detail, Sir Winston had everything he desired-and more...
...Frontier. If so, it was a prosperous, well-behaved and superbly dressed frontier-and a dazzling show. The colors and sounds and faces seemed always the same, suspended for a brief moment, only to shift into new combinations, new designs, new moods. Scenes of high and solemn moment, as in the oath taking, swiftly changed to crowded dance floors, to prancing horses and strutting drum majorettes, to humming cocktail parties, wriggling teenagers, somber prayers, to ear-shattering brass bands endlessly playing Hail to the Chief, to laughter and cheers, to sentimental squeezes and unashamed tears...