Word: summonation
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...most wistful of all the works of art was a sample of Chinese calligraphy which read: "By chance I saw a short purple jade flute; I know not how to summon music therefrom, yet in my memory rises an airy song of love...
Edith Piaf is not, strictly speaking, a champagne vendor. But whenever and wherever she sings, the corks start popping faster than ever. For, like no other, La Piaf's peculiarly vibrant voice is the voice of Paris-a voice that seems to summon misty memories of Montmartre for those who have been there, and thirsty fantasies for those who have...
...Premier and for a while it looked as though he would have his way. One evening last week, all the cabinet candidates, immaculate in grey ties and white shirts, were assembled in Tsaldaris' living room, drinking Turkish coffee and waiting for a phone call from the King to summon them to the swearing-in ceremony...
...Alger Hiss," he cried, "was good enough for Oliver Wendell Holmes, and...I shall summon, with all due reverence, the shade of that greatest member of the Supreme Court of the United States"" The defense attorney went on dramatically ticking off the "fiery crucibles" in which Hiss had represented the State Department-Yalta . . . Dumbarton Oaks . . . San Francisco. "Yea," he trumpeted, "though I walk through the valley of death I shall not fear, for I am with Alger Hiss...
...union had voted that all officers should take a non-communist affidavit. This was not a meddling 80th Congress but the rank and file of our 14,000 members in several states. The aforementioned officers refused, so we had to summon a council. Despite 81/2 hours of filibuster by Henderson and a fat gentleman, from the clothing workers union I believe, the delegates voted that all members of the council should take the non-communist affidavit or get. They got. Next day they called our charter, as the International could do legally, and our union ceased to be a democratic...