Word: solemnizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE ARE FEW creatures as sad as sad alumni. They hover on the fringes of groups of jollier grads at class reunions, their class ties faded, their expressions somber. They have every reason to be solemn for they take upon themselves the responsibility of informing their classmates (with a ponderousness proportionate to the gravity of their message) that something is amiss at the college they all love so well. Though the tune may change, their sad song always conveys the same message: Alma Mater, that grand old dame at whose dugs they were once suckled on the sweet nectar...
...part, read the official announcement issued last week by Hsin-hua, the Chinese press agency. Soon after, it appeared again on the black-bordered front page of Peking's People's Daily; it was broadcast, preceded by solemn music, every half-hour on radio stations throughout China. In Peking, the elevator girl in an office building used by foreign journalists burst into tears when she heard the news. Headlines appeared in newspapers throughout the world, and messages of condolence started pouring into the Chinese capital. In a rare gesture of sympathy and respect, the flags at the U.S. consulate...
...kidnapings, and the subsequent cold-blooded murders, virtually paralyzed The Netherlands. While the Cabinet met in emergency sessions, television and radio stations suspended normal programming in favor of solemn music and news bulletins...
...Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the Great Anniversary Festival. It ought to be commerated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to the Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to the God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this time forward forever more...
...like some kids knew. There was one girl at the private school I went to who came from a fairly religious Jewish family. She had a special dispensation to skip the Christmas pageant, and while the rest of the school rehearsed Christmas carols she would sit there silently, looking solemn and self-righteous. In a way, I suppose, her aloofness was a tacit accusation against the rest of us for participating--the school was about 10 per cent Jewish. But she never made me feel guilty. All I felt was pity for her, because she was missing out on music...