Word: solemnizing
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...stop at Mbeya, a major station on the line, consumed four hours. About 300 yds. down the track from Mbeya, the train ground to a stop for two more hours, blocked this time by a derailed locomotive that lay sideways across the track, attended by an honor guard of solemn onlookers. Passengers transferred to another train on the other side of the locomotive. Ragged local children, helping to transfer luggage, amassed undreamed-of fortunes in tips...
...Jackson, associate dean of the school, said the University administration expected the dedication to "be a very solemn, very significant, and singularly important event for Harvard University, for the Kennedy family...and hopefully for future generations of Americans who will be affected by the JFK School...
...Pope gave a glimpse of his personal style with the plans for his Sept. 3 open-air accession ceremonies. At his direction it was not called a "coronation" or even a scaled-down "enthronement," but simply a "solemn Mass to mark the start of his ministry as Supreme Pastor." John Paul asked not to be carried on the usual portable throne but to walk in procession. Most significant, he did not wish to be crowned with the triple-decked, bee hive-shaped tiara. Instead, a pallium, the white woolen stole symbolizing his title of Patriarch of the West, would...
Commemorating the death of Caliph Ali (A.D. 600-661), who is revered by Iran's 34 million Shi'ite Muslims as the only true successor to Muhammad, is always a solemn occasion. But last week's observances were especially subdued. Tehran was tense and quiet. The Club Discotheque, normally a place of frenzied activity for Iran's newly rich upper middle class, was shuttered. Hotels and restaurants decreed a four-day prohibition of alcoholic beverages. Television stations broadcast readings from the Koran and Islamic sermons in place of Cannon and Police Story...
Radio stations in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore produced solemn coverage of the canine crisis in New York. The situation even merited a full 2½ minutes on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Whether they played it funny or somber, it was a trying topic for newswriters faced with the basic problem of finding bowdlerisms for two very basic four-letter words...