Word: solemnness
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...many of her supporters there turned to violence to express their grief and anger over her assassination. In Britain, where Bhutto has lived off and on in self-imposed exile for eight years until her final return to Pakistan two months ago, the mourning has been quieter and more solemn. But the emotions are just as deep. Many of Britain's estimated 750,000 Pakistanis had embraced Bhutto as a symbol of hope for freedom and stability back home. As Britain's politicians pay tribute to a fallen leader, the country's Pakistanis are trying to come to terms with...
...collection of vast numbers of communications involving U.S. citizens at home. Congress must make sure that the new law requires independent court review and that it protects the privacy of innocent Americans, as required by the Constitution. That's not tone-deaf; that's our sworn and solemn duty...
Robert A. Mitchell is the owner of Harvard Book and Binding on the corner of JFK and Brattle streets. When FM visited one weekday afternoon, inquiring after Mitchell, the solemn man who came to the door introduced himself as Mitchell’s brother, and explained that Mitchell had passed away that day—then laughed. “Just kidding! I’m Bob.” The multi-talented Mitchell might show a customer how a water filter he has patented works by folding up an 18th century map, or perhaps have the customer...
...symphony is a narrative depicting the phases of life in four movements. Particularly illustrative was the second movement, “Adagio assai,” which aims for the harmonies and rhythms of a funeral march. The various solos in the wind section evoked the solemn organ part in a funeral mass. Following this somber movement, the orchestra moved easily into the uplifting third movement and finale...
...fact, the show (produced by David S. Jewett ’08, Roy A. Kimmey III ’09, and Mary Eleanor Stebbins ’08) cultivates an anachronistic air throughout all its aspects, starting with the solemn playing of the British national anthem at the show’s beginning. Getting into this late-19th-century mindset is perhaps advisable if one wants to comfortably enjoy a musical whose Japanese characters have names such as Nanki...