Word: solemnness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...OBJECTION is not to a little "old-fashioned American patriotism," but to nationalistic euphoria. Patriotism does not rejoice in war and killing; it approaches war with solemn trepidation. Patriotism should not begrudge others their right to dissent. Patriotism should not question the loyalty and patriotism of those who disagree...
Deck the Christmas movie column, / Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!/ 'Tis the season to be solemn...
...glittering assemblage of 235 Roman Catholic bishops, gathered at a solemn pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, hardly resembled a convention of gamblers. Yet in large measure that is just what they were. As a month-long synod of representatives of the church's hierarchy drew to a close last week, the bishops were betting against a heavy losing streak. Faced with a net decline of 16,500 priests in the past decade, the church has decided to hold firm in its discipline, particularly on the touchy issue of clerical celibacy, in the belief that higher standards...
...disparity between peer-pressure against tobacco and alcohol is so much a part of our culture that we scarcely notice even the most blatant examples. Many non-smokers feel entitled to deliver a physiology lecture every time a friend lights up a smoke. Why no solemn words about the ill-effects of alcohol when those friends pour a drink? No one I know proudly displays cigarette butts in their room, but an empty Stoli bottle on the mantle is a symbol of adulthood. Few Marlboro posters grace the walls of Harvard dormitories, but who knows how many Harvard suites have...
...television camera closes in on his solemn face, film director Oliver Stone instructs viewers to hold their breath. "Every instinct will start to shout and scream for air," says Stone, comparing the feeling to the "choking of the planet" from global-warming gases. "O.K., breathe," he commands seconds later. "Remember, you just ran out of air. And we're running out of time...