An increasingly solemn inside-the-Beltway atmosphere caused a noted Washington manufacturer of political novelties to decline to purchase my idea for "Fuq Iraq" bumper stickers.
Mr. President, it was more than a decade ago, at the World Summit for Children, that the largest gathering of heads of State and Government ever assembled made a solemn promise - to advance the cause of humanity by giving every child a better future.
Recent paintings about the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, and the physical and psychic violation it caused, move at a solemn, ritualistic pace.
The raucous tone is joined in the end by Onion's solemn understanding of Brown's courage for his cause.
Yet contrived twists and solemn monologues interrupt the flow and go nowhere, causing any suspense to ebb.
It belittles the First Amendment to confuse the solemn obligation of enlightened discourse with the capacity to cause panic for mere amusement.
The centennial has also energized existing museums and become a cause for elaborate weekend events, from extravagant galas to solemn memorials.
In fine, with a face much inclin'd for a joke, And a mock solemn accent, the counsellor spoke -- "Twixt Rooster and Roaster, this cause to decide, Would afford me, my friends, much professional pride.
They had caused him problems on several occasions by disrupting solemn liturgies or releasing gas-filled condoms into the cavernous vaults of Westminster cathedral.
Many early Memorial Day events on the Union side took on a similar character of both solemn honoring of the Union dead, as well as remembering the importance of the emancipationist cause.
