But, unbelievably, there is a downside to all the harrumphing pomp and pageantry. |
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Besides, he has no tolerance for the pomp, pageantry and pretense of the whole show. |
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The royalists will argue that the royal palaces, grounds and pageantry bring in millions of pounds in tourism and I will not argue with that. |
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Amidst the pageantry the monarchy is presented as a part of the unbroken tradition unifying the nation. |
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And most of us shudder at the idea of ridding the monarchy of the pomp and pageantry that routinely works us up into a collective frenzy. |
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I wish the commentators would tell us what we're seeing, but they are yapping generically about pageantry. |
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Had we stayed at home I'd have plonked myself in front of the TV and watched the ceremonies and the pageantry being played out in London. |
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The noise and the blare, the bands and the screaming, the pageantry and oratory of the long full campaign fade on election day. |
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Americans are suckers for pageantry and the media was happy to show shots of him surveying a row of busbies or chatting with the Queen. |
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The sense of occasion and history was also made more poignant by the pageantry that accompanied it. |
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Jedidah didn't understand why her hostess was fussing with such pageantry in her own home for this begrimed gypsy. |
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The King loved pageantry so there were trumpets and heralds proclaiming his coming. |
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The pomp and pageantry seemed to affect our lads quite a bit and they appeared sluggish and nervous at the beginning of the game. |
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The 90 minute video features music, song, dance and pageantry as well as the opening ceremony itself. |
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This year's festival looks to the past to help the city celebrate St George's Day, focusing on the medieval pageantry of yesteryear. |
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Thousands of visitors are set to descend on York when the five-day festival of horse racing and pageantry comes to the city in June next year. |
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The emotions that poured forth at that death and the glorious pageantry that surrounded her funeral showed the true heart of her countrymen. |
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The celebrations would continue for a full week, filled with pomp and pageantry. |
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Readers have brought in their own mementoes of previous days of pomp and pageantry. |
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The pomp and pageantry of the Queen's Speech guarantees a wonderful sense of occasion. |
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It was the glamour and pageantry attached to the whole event that set us thinking of the first Olympics and how they came to be. |
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Up to 200 men, women and children will be dressed in costume for this piece of street-theatre and pageantry. |
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That was followed by dozens of special events including readings, plays, pageantry and exhibitions. |
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The ceremony and pageantry of the last week was not simply a way of saying goodbye to a much-loved person. |
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The pageantry of Indian life appealed powerfully to the artist, and he rendered it with all his inherent splendor and gorgeousness. |
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Only those on work-based learning courses will be expected to turn up as normal when the five-day festival of horse racing and pageantry is hosted by the city. |
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Even though it was Ronald Reagan coming through the door, I loved the pageantry. |
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The combination of fantastic quality racing and the unique splendour and pageantry that Royal Ascot provides makes it a real spectacle for viewers. |
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By the 19th century the play had been transformed into a spectacle of patriotic pageantry celebrating imperial Britain and the glory of its military. |
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Haligonians had a special affection for the pageantry that went with visits from members of the Royal Family. |
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At the Oscars, she never had that look of being cowed or over-awed by all the pomp and pageantry. |
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This was indeed a glorious display of pageantry and dignity. |
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They recur at various times during the spring and summer, with most pageantry after Easter and on the pueblo's saint's day. |
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Along with their other accessories, the warriors' elaborate dress suggests that they brought both wealth and pageantry to combat, which Donnan likens to medieval jousts. |
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Each one is illustrated with pieces that combine pageantry with emotional appeal. |
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The day has been an interesting contrast of spectacular displays of traditional Aboriginal ceremony and official pageantry and protocol. |
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For though they are often spoken of, pageantry and glory are not the real story of war. |
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Pomp, pageantry and gaiety ran riot making the atmosphere electric. |
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Cannons were fired, brass bands played, and American-inspired pomp and pageantry abounded. |
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Massed pipes and drums from 14 regiments accompanied the gun carriage bearing the Queen Mother from Westminster Hall to the Abbey in a moving spectacle of pomp and pageantry. |
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However, the State pageantry afforded to the reburials has caused a shudder in many circles. |
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Can a spectacle so lacking in the indicia of importance — no pageantry, no emotions, not even any speaking — really be the beating heart of capitalism? |
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You will enjoy the pageantry of the international parade, be entertained and informed at the plenary sessions and share information at one of the many seminars. |
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The Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games will be held on March 12, 2010, also at BC Place Stadium and is guaranteed to be a dazzling spectacle of pageantry and colourful performances. |
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But like a teenager's bedroom, it will become a mess much sooner than looks possible amid the order and pageantry of the parliament's opening day. |
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The whimsy of the British performance at the Olympic handover, featuring twirling umbrellas and a doubledecker bus, suggested that Britain would not attempt to match the pageantry and stadiums that cost China billions. |
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Our students will have an understanding and appreciation of the traditions, symbols and pageantry of the Senate that have been part of our heritage. |
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Leadership now fell into the hands of twenty-four-yearold Jan of Leiden, an actor who was more at home with the pageantry of Old Testament kingship than with the New Testament gospel. |
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Focus on a sense of history, pageantry, and national pride. |
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Pomp and pageantry, diverse entertainment, seeing ourselves as a nation and getting a peek at the culture of Nova Scotia, will all be showcased in these two ceremonies which bookend the Halifax 2011 Canada Games. |
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The Senate in Canada is rich in traditions and pageantry. |
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A laser focus on improving and refining core gameplay has resulted in the most fluid college basketball game to date with all the energy, excitement and pageantry of the college game. |
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This role will also coordinate the installation of pageantry and fabrication components and will oversee the removal of all signage, fabrication and pageantry for return to the warehouse when it is no longer required. |
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Midge's son Bob had an opportunity to bring his mother up to date moment by moment on the developing pageantry after the Queen Mother passed away. |
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And although Canadian architects eschew spectacle for substance, that does not mean that their designs are not infused with a little pageantry and panache. |
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Recently, amid the pageantry of a state occasion, Mr. O'Dea attended Government House in Ottawa to be invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General. |
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They have come to see this spectacular display of colour, to hear the unfamiliar languages and music and to witness pageantry in a form not often seen in this part of the world. |
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For some, the game is the reason, while others enjoy the pageantry that accompanies the game, advertisers' efforts to gain attention or simply the company of old friends and new. |
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During the summer of 1701, Montreal became an unprecedented hub of political importance and elaborate pageantry as no fewer than 1300 native envoys traveled to its shore to make peace. |
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Yes, under director Sidonie Garrett, this show is crisp in its action, plush in its pageantry, and all aclang with speeches and swordplay. |
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The very funeral pageantry disguised behind-the-scenes struggles for control over Sidney's image. |
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The tartan pageantry was immensely popular and the kilt became Scotland's National Dress. |
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It was a royal ceremonial funeral including royal pageantry and Anglican funeral liturgy. |
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By the end of the 16th century the triumphal arch had become closely linked with court theatre, state pageantry and military fortifications. |
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At his funeral no pomp, no pageantry, no civic procession, no military display. |
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The greatly increased pageantry of the state processions was intended to emphasise the strength and diversity of the British Empire. |
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A meeting of the Wenlock Olympian Games was held in Coubertin's honour with much pageantry. |
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She refused to allow any form of parade or pageantry, or a suggested gun salute. |
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A papal visit, by definition, is freighted with emotion and pageantry. |
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Passersby passed by, displaying the full pageantry of West Village life. |
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The recreation of the Viking period is very much a game of pageantry and costumery, all of it delivered in a stilted and laboured prose. |
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Gerckens, occasionally upstages Ovid's poetry and Zimmerman's dreamlike pageantry. |
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