Word: splendor
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...Governor, vastly rich and mightily aristocratic Sir James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Knight of the Garter. When he moved into frowning Hillsborough Castle, bought at a cost of $230,000 to serve as the Governor's residence, the magnificence of his personal chattels outshone its splendor. The plate and oil paintings alone were supposed to be worth more than the castle. One day last week the Duke and Duchess were on vacation in England and so was the Private Secretary, Commander Henderson. Belatedly Sergeant Irvine, head of the Castle guard, went up on the roof...
British Honduras, About the time Solomon built his temple in Jerusalem, the Mayas were developing their civilization in Central America. In the early Christian era the Mayan culture attained the peak of its splendor. The priests invented a form of writing; the mathematicians and astronomers worked out a calendar; the architects built great cities and temples; the artisan modeled in stucco, wove textiles, carved and painted with rare skill...
...Democratic principle." We can hardly deny this, and might also assent to the proposition that in order to forecast the future "it would be necessary to subdivide Faseism and Communism into their ideal and practical forms. We should then be able to contemplate the four alternatives in the pure splendor of their conception...
...Freres. Early in Depression, which to France came late. Lazard Freres tried to curb its client's exuberance, urged him to retrench. M. Citroën's reply was to buy up what little stock he needed for absolute control, preparatory to riding out Depression in solitary splendor. Lazard made haste to dispose of its minority interest...
...York City's Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia visited the new $8,000,000 Bronx County Court House, exclaimed: "Why, it reminded me of the palaces of my ancestors, Justinian, Augustus Caesar and Nero. In fact, they did not know so much about splendor-they were just pikers. That building up there -oh, it's just gorgeous. Take the grand jury room, for instance. After sitting there on a ball-bearing throne in luxury that Romans never knew, the juror will go home and say Phooey!' Why, that room is so spacious that no witness will ever come...