Word: admonish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...break his mother's heart or die on the gallows but he will never suffer from a tin ear.") To his eleven grandchildren, modest Poet de la Mare would bow gently down and ask curiously: "What do you think is the color of your thoughts?" or would admonish: "Behold, I tell you a mystery," leaving them to supply their own explanation to his elaborate, whispered incantations. His message to grownups was to search everywhere for beauty. When death struck, Britain's Poet Laureate John Masefield wrote: "Walter has gone, the land's most charming son," but many...
...traditional top hat, striped pants, red sash and morning coat, the President of France is a beloved symbol of republican pomp. He wields no executive power; he cannot initiate or veto legislation. But he can-if the situation demands and permits-counsel, guide and admonish. During France's periodic Cabinet crises, when he must direct the dancelike ritual from which new governments emerge, he seems a heartening symbol of stability. Premiers come and go, but the President remains (for a seven-year term, at least...
...persecution of Protestants in Colombia [Oct. 5] . . . The Pope is spiritual leader of Catholics all over the world. Why doesn't he punish, or admonish, at least, those of his subjects guilty of these atrocities...
Although there are exceptions, this profile is generally accepted by Yale men. They may deplore the fate of the bright successful student who is so loaded down with honors and extra-curricular offices that he forgets the original purposes of the college. They may admonish the too serious student, who is so worried about his behavior and so intent upon examining it that he forgets to enjoy himself. And they may also accuse those who follow Yale's ready-made standards as spiritually deficient. But no one is seriously at odds with the basic Yale institutions...
...minister and left him standing during the audience, or when he snapped at a tutor who was repeating himself: "You said that three days ago." Although his entourage treated him more & more as a King, his father still seemed to regard him as a boy. At lunch, he would admonish Baudouin to take his elbows off the table. One of the rare visitors to Laeken described a day last December when Baudouin arrived late for a luncheon which his frowning father had already held up for 15 minutes. The prince rushed into the room in his general's uniform...