the pomp and circumstance of a presidential inauguration
Recent Examples on the WebAt a private dinner before US President Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration in 1981, his chief Soviet adviser, the late Harvard historian Richard Pipes, confided in me that by the end of Reagan’s years, the Soviet Union would cease to exist. David A. Andelman, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 In one of several striking historical connections between the two men, that happened to be the day before Lincoln’s first inauguration. Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2022 Warren was invited to give the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009 and continued to be an influential voice on social issues that conservative and Christian voices latched on to as political hot-button topics. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 By the 1960s, the Beales had grown more reclusive and paranoid (though Little Edie left to attend JFK's inauguration), partially because Big Edie was developing arthritis, and partially because of a robbery while the two were out at a party. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 Silence followed the burst, an eerie inauguration for the incoming flood. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022 With tensions running high, Brazil’s leadership decided to make Mr. de Moraes’s inauguration on Tuesday — usually a procedural event — a demonstration of the strength of the Brazilian democracy.New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Days after Trump’s inauguration, Healey followed through on that promise, joining a lawsuit challenging Trump’s initial travel ban that halted entry into the United States from seven Muslim countries and that suspended the admission of refugees. Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 That price reflected the national average price of gas on President Joe Biden’s inauguration day, and half the statewide average gas price Tuesday. Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 See More