Word: solemnizing
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...election of 1800 approached, a boldface notice appeared in leading Federalist newspapers. "At the present solemn and momentous epoch," it declared, "the only question to be asked by every American, laying his hand on his heart, is, 'Shall I continue in allegiance to GOD--AND A RELIGIOUS PRESIDENT; or impiously declare for JEFFERSON...
...before she attended Harvard, said that Rossel brought joy to all who knew her. “She created festivals from the most boring tasks,” he said.Matskevich recalled Rossel composing songs about archaeological distribution patterns—though he said that she attempted to be more solemn at times.“She decided that she needed to be more serious, so she invented another personality named ‘Dr. Rossel,’ who was this very serious PhD,” Matskevich said. “Her other personality...
...noise of gunshots mixes with solemn choral music to produce an eerily enchanting atmosphere during the Charlestown Working Theater’s newest production, “Republic of Dreams: Under the Sign of the Crocodile,” which runs through...
...Cure, an advocacy group with 125 affiliates around the world, convened a conference of doctors, survivors and advocates from 31 countries to map a global plan of action. A quiet march by 5,000 participants across the city's famed Chain Bridge--lit pink for the event--was the solemn coda to the meeting. But months before the Komen event was held, we had mobilized our own global resources to cover this growing health problem. Time's Hong Kong-based correspondent Kathleen Kingsbury, who wrote our cover story, surveyed the state of breast cancer in Japan, China and the rest...
...week when cable screens were split among solemn ceremonies, falling governments, the first serious congressional debate over a war now in its fourth year and an economy with a nervous twitch, it was even harder than usual to catch the sirens in the distance--to hear the sounds of ice melting, species vanishing and cities choking the people who live in them. You can't really cover a story that hasn't happened yet, but sometimes the news about the future is the biggest story...