Collecting allusion like a ceremonial trail, Section xx also joins The Waste Land in echoing Ariel's "Full fathom five" song, from The Tempest, in what is nevertheless a solemn, crystalline point of arrival.
I apologise for being repetitive, but progress is glacially slow, and I feel it my solemn duty to point the finger of blame again and again.
(The scene was not overly solemn. At one point, the children, barely suppressing giggles as an adult urged them to remain motionless, turned a tinsel wreath into a flying Frisbee, and the Virgin Mary very nearly was hit in the head).
And then, later, someone — perhaps Stanton at the time, or perhaps only Hay long afterward — thought that there was more point and solemn originality in what someone else (Hay from the very moment, perhaps?) thought he had heard, and decided to change it.
Nor did he bring it up at a fund-raiser here, where he used humor, pointed critiques and solemn pledges about his dedication to protecting the nation to draw distinctions between himself and Mr. Kerry, the likely Democratic nominee.
And the evening's high point was Helen's solemn, tragic rendition of "Take Me in Your Arms".
On a subdued match point, and during a solemn trophy presentation, Myskina cloaked her excitement out of respect for her dispirited friend.
Though this is territory that Mr. Kitano has covered before, he underlines the differences between Japan and the United States to make dramatic points and give his solemn toughness a context.
UCLA finance professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam says in a new study that the S&P 500 exceeds its average daily return of 4 basis points by 22 basis points around Rosh Hashanah, the festive Jewish New Year, while underperforming by 29 basis points around Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement.
Kofi Annan: I myself have made that point, that member states made a solemn pledge to protect.
