| 单词 | valedictory |
| 例句 | His valedictory speech was entitled “To Be or Not to Be.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The story had its start four years earlier, in May of 1792, when Washington approached Madison to help him compose a valedictory address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And this is also the proper starting point for understanding the words he left as his final valedictory, the Farewell Address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In his valedictory speech, Taylor thanked his teachers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In February of 1796, Washington had first approached Alexander Hamilton about drafting some kind of valedictory statement. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was shuffling and rustling around me, then Henry Reed was giving his valedictory address, “To Be or Not to Be.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The novel expands upon ideas and themes Crowley has examined in nearly all his fiction; it feels at once valedictory and celebratory. John Crowley's new epic 'Ka' is a late masterpiece in a stellar fantasy career 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z It was the sort of valedictory gathering that marks a person’s retirement, only Ms. Hourigan, 77, was not retiring. Kathy Hourigan Is Knopf’s Secret Weapon 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z There is a valedictory aura surrounding events in this episode as it shifts from moment to memorable moment. 'The Americans' Recap: It Means Nothing to Me 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z One suite of galleries might assemble art from around the world whose subject is mortality and function is valedictory. The new LACMA: Plans call for radical change to how we see the permanent collection 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The scenes are valedictory and quite erotic, distracting us from the fact that we’re ogling Nazis. “Dapper” and dangerous: The ugly history of glamorizing white nationalism 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Thursday night’s episode was a valedictory showcase, but there was still plenty of time for barbed political commentary. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z A few years ago, Taylor was in a more valedictory mood. What Is the Future for Modern-Dance Companies? 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z It makes for a strange and profoundly poignant atmosphere at this, the first of those valedictory shows. Wilko Johnson – review 2013-03-07T18:16:00Z Conducting Mahler’s valedictory masterpiece, whose ending is the repertory’s great evocation of letting go, he took his time on Sunday but refused to wallow in the obvious, unbearable emotions. A Mighty Generation of Musicians. A Moving Final Chapter. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z There’s a valedictory sadness to these memories, but Tolstaya isn’t the type to pine. Are Her Characters Seeing Things? Maybe. Maybe Not. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The final verse is all Dylan’s, and it’s powerfully valedictory. Bob Dylan’s Sinatra Album 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The book, Faber said, is “valedictory, and about saying goodbye to the flesh.” The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z A valedictory documentary about the end of LCD Soundsystem, “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” is due this month. Pop: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem: ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ 2012-07-07T04:51:37Z As to whether Duchamp deliberately concealed a self-portrait in his valedictory artwork, Mr. Ozkaya said, “Who cares? We see it, we decide. That’s art, that’s the game: it’s not about the facts.” Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Least surprising of all was Streep using her platform for something other than a litany of thank-yous or a career valedictory. Meryl Streep, Donald Trump and the now-familiar battle of the bubbles 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z It booms with smashing finality in the valedictory concert at Albert Hall, following a drawling introduction in which Dylan dedicates the song to “the Taj Mahawwwl.” The sadism, compassion and sheer liberated joy of “Like a Rolling Stone” 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z And I defy anyone to watch the clown Feste’s leave-taking at the finish without regarding it as a kind of valedictory from Mr. Hall himself. Theater Review: Peter Hall Makes a Dusky Return to Illyria 2011-01-25T12:00:03Z On Sunday, nearly 10 years later, he led his valedictory performance as the chorus’s music director. Review | Julian Wachner leads his last concert as music director of Washington Chorus 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It may be more appropriate to phrase the question in the past tense, as an acknowledgment that the old breed is dying out and also as a valedictory tribute to one of its finest specimens. An Appraisal: Marvelous Invention of Movie Make-Believe 2010-10-01T23:18:00Z His new book has the feel of a valedictory lap. The Gloom, Doom and Occasional Joy of the Writing Life 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s also a terrific valedictory show, as the museum will be leaving its current location at the end of June because of the building’s recent sale by the American Bible Society. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Though this show isn't their last hurrah – there are further UK gigs this summer, he tells us more than once – they tackle it with valedictory gusto. LCD Soundsystem 2010-04-25T21:35:00Z During this period, Summer released an audacious remake of Jimmy Webb’s baroque pop epic “MacArthur Park,” and the valedictory “Last Dance,” in many ways the capstone of the disco era. Donna Summer dead at 63; more than just a disco diva 2012-05-17T19:44:00Z The entire thing was packaged in a valedictory way, with Fallon getting the final thank you note and addressing it, with evident sincerity, to Obama. President Obama on The Tonight Show Proved He's Different 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Though there is something valedictory in this film's title, Godard is reportedly already at work on another project. 'Goodbye to Language 3D' speaks to a new way of seeing cinema 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “Prince Lestat” has a valedictory feel, and its immortal denizens are starting to show their age, at least in narrative terms. Lestat returns: In her new novel, Anne Rice revives a much-loved vampire We can only hope that those valedictory titles aren’t telling us something about Fellowship’s future. Taylor Swift’s Revised ‘Revenge,’ and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z And the author’s powers of observation were equally keen in his valedictory novel, “All That Is,” a tale of postwar New York, published in 2013. James Salter, a ‘Writer’s Writer’ Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z His valedictory Mahler recordings in Lucerne provide a profound summation of a great career. Why America got it wrong on Riccardo Chailly and how the Italian conductor is proving it 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z And there is more: the piece itself; it is Rachmaninoff’s valedictory. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z When you met in Santa Fe, was there a valedictory feeling, or a sad sense of time passing? George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It's no wonder that "A Summer at Grandpa's," a piercingly unsentimental portrait of the end of childhood, begins with a valedictory speech. Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien captures life's big, small moments 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z As for the valedictory title track by Mr. Simon, another longtime friend and collaborator, Mr. Toussaint takes care to keep it buoyant. Review: Allen Toussaint’s Last Album, ‘American Tunes’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Today is my valedictory as the mother of the bride. A Wedding Day Saga Ends With Words From the Heart 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z A valedictory strain can be heard throughout “Odes,” as if she wants to be sure to express her love for the things of this world before she has to take her leave of them. Sharon Olds Sings the Body Electric 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Last night Letitia was kicked out of the house, but not before a valedictory display of obscene gestures as she was bundled into a waiting car. Ladette To Lady needs to forget some of its reality TV etiquette 2010-07-21T12:28:00Z In her valedictory speech, Sue tells us she once thought that encouraging kids to dream was cruel and useless, because the world is full of disappointment. Glee Holds On To That Feelin', One Last Time 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Both were to some extent writing in the shadow of death, even if neither’s last pieces were exactly valedictory, and their music has a distinctive sadness, though of course of different brands. ‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’ 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z These three collections, which span a decade, ought to be read together, with this latest as a coda, striking its valedictory note and reiterating the refrain that runs through the essays. The Wildly Funny Samantha Irby Is Back, Not a Moment Too Soon 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The second was a sort of valedictory built around a single strong word — a word that Mr. Stewart implicitly used almost every night of his 16-year run on Comedy Central. Jon Stewart Cements His Legacy in ‘Daily Show’ Finale 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Similarly, Iron Man 3 was the third part of a trilogy, and it was just as valedictory as The Dark Knight Rises. Unfinished business: how Disney and Marvel killed happy ever afters 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z He hoped the award of the Jerusalem prize was not a valedictory on his career. Ian McEwan praises Israel before book award 2011-02-18T14:24:34Z The final song on Future’s new mixtape “Beastmode 2” has the pulse of a valedictory and the mood of a confession. The Playlist: Christine and the Queens’ Clever Pop, and 8 More New Songs 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The Wagner was a substitute for Strauss's Four Last Songs that went unexplained, though perhaps the Strauss would have overemphasised a certain valedictory theme that seemed to run through the first half. William Lyne birthday gala – review 2012-11-30T17:56:42Z He is well aware that it will some day serve as his valedictory. Books of The Times: ?Life Itself? by Roger Ebert - Review 2011-09-22T21:53:06Z In the character’s final moments, reciting a valedictory poem long in the making, he was utterly transporting. Clayton Corzatte is remembered for more than fine acting 2013-05-15T23:24:28Z But, given the company’s history of challenging, hardscrabble shows, “Great Divide” is a fitting valedictory. Warped family dynamics with a touch of the outrageous in 'Great Divide' 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Inexplicably yet inexorably, the nuptial embraces between heroine and hero become valedictory. How Balanchine Turns a Fairy Story Into Tragedy 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Obviously, the album was never intended as a valedictory. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z Throughout the first decade of this century Ferrell had an alternative life as an uncanny George W Bush impersonator, a role he retired after a valedictory Broadway stage show in 2009. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z “Mrs. Huxtable invented a new profession,” a valedictory Times editorial said in 1981, just as she was leaving the newspaper, “and, quite simply, changed the way most of us see and think about man-made environments.” Ada Louise Huxtable, Architecture Critic, Dies at 91 2013-01-08T00:34:22Z If you are the mom, and you are dying, there is just no handbook, and, there is also not likely to be time for a valedictory “last lecture” à la Randy Pausch. Motherlode Blog: The Last Mother's Day 2012-05-11T14:08:27Z It is just one of the multiple beating hearts that power this evolved, snarky, rueful, euphoric and valedictory record, one that improves with every listen. LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z So he got to have a valedictory, and he got to urge his viewers to keep up the work he pioneered. Jon Stewart Cements His Legacy in ‘Daily Show’ Finale 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s the valedictory stop on the circuit, even for people who have their own parties. Vanity Fair?s Oscar Party Awash in Celebrities 2012-02-28T20:01:29Z William Burden’s tenor seemed a bit light for Liszt’s valedictory setting of a few lines from Part II of Goethe’s “Faust,” but he projected the music ably, amid the finale’s luxurious scoring. Music Review: Piers Lane Is Soloist With American Symphony - Review 2011-12-12T23:26:47Z There was no farewell tour, and they released a valedictory song — “We All Go Back to Where We Belong” — that is among the most beautiful in the band’s catalog. Something old, something new for Michael Stipe 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Probably it was the accumulation of all of these things, as well as something valedictory in the air that suggested a familiar version of Britain was vanishing. London is now full of war memorials, but the oldest are still the best 2012-11-09T22:29:02Z Tuning was at times slightly awry, and the coruscating excitement of the third-movement march, with its screaming brass and manic energy, made it hard to muster quite enough intensity for the valedictory adagio finale. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Recently, when Mr. Clemons made a valedictory appearance in Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory,” his sound paid tribute to his own younger self from nearly 40 years ago. An Appraisal: The Big Man, Much More Than Springsteen?s Sideman 2011-06-19T21:17:51Z It is a valedictory homage, Jacobson admits, and he asks them how they will face their own ends. The Australians who set 60s Britain swinging 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Guare is 81, and while “Nantucket Sleigh Ride” is hardly valedictory, it does betray doubts about ongoing fecundity. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Details are sketchy – it will centre on a valedictory trip made by the gang to Malia after their A-levels are over, and will most likely be the show's final chapter. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z Reagle too often seems happy to wrap up his discussion of a given topic with a tepid valedictory pronouncement. It’s Comments All the Way Down 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z ‘The Tempest’ The magic at work in Michael Greif’s production of Shakespeare’s valedictory romance is of a gentle order. Theater Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Letterman’s last Late Show was nostalgic but not maudlin, gracious but not mournful, valedictory but not a eulogy. David Letterman Leaves Us, Laughing 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Jesus of Nazareth continued this prophetic tradition, preferring enigmatic parables to propositions – overturning tables in the temple to illustrate a point, and transforming a simple, valedictory meal into a mystical emblem. William Blake's passionate humanity 2010-08-12T15:00:00Z On the fleet heels of her stirring all-female versions of “Julius Caesar” and “Henry IV” comes this interpretation of Shakespeare’s valedictory romance. Gifts for the Discerning Theater Fan 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Here is Joe, delicately poised between this world and the next, in a suspenseful, beautifully constructed book with scenes as stirringly valedictory as a chorus of “Danny Boy.” The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z By now, I’ve seen enough versions of “The Cherry Orchard,” Chekhov’s valedictory play, to create my own plantation of those gorgeous, doomed trees. Cate Blanchett and Chekhov, Together on Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z He met Chaplin in 1953, when Mr. Rothman was in charge of European distribution for “Limelight,” considered Chaplin’s valedictory American film. Mo Rothman, 92, Entrepreneur Close to Charlie Chaplin, Dies at 92 2011-09-29T00:16:13Z Restrained yet generous, her 1973 recording of Strauss’s “Four Last Songs” with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic is, in a crowded field, my favorite version of his valedictory classic. Richard Strauss Recordings Recommended by Critics 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Mark Damazer, the recently departed controller of Radio 4, promised in valedictory interviews that what happens in the episode marking six decades will "Shock Ambridge To The Core". Archers fans prepare for shock anniversary episode 2010-12-31T14:55:45Z Because of the title of the series, and the fact that an octogenarian produced it, there’s a tendency to view the show as a valedictory gesture, the end of something. Art Review: ‘Jasper Johns: Regrets,’ a New Series at MoMA 2014-03-21T16:46:57Z On Friday night at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Ross led the U-Md. orchestra in a valedictory concert, the last of the season. Perspective | A pathbreaking conductor at U-Md. charts a new course 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Similarly, after Arden’s expulsion from her job at the concern that bears her name, Ebersole delivers an endearingly melodic valedictory in “Pink,” a rueful song about the color that made her a business legend. Much-anticipated musical with Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole opens in Chicago 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Mahler’s great, valedictory Ninth Symphony, about 90 minutes long and prevailingly intense, is more often than not left to fill an evening by itself. JACK Quartet and Argento Riff on Mahler’s Ninth 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Tonight, it sounds like a valedictory statement of fact: the Stooges' astounding lap of honour deserves its place in the history books every bit as much as their original albums. Iggy and the Stooges 2010-05-03T20:30:00Z The day after the subdued and embarrassing valedictory dinner, Hoberg panics, deciding he doesn't want to collapse into retirement and old age yet, and begs the dean to cancel the whole thing. Liberal Arts – review 2012-10-04T14:30:01Z Many realized with a start that his new album, “Blackstar,” was not so much a comeback or the introduction of a new persona as it was a valedictory. Celebrating David Bowie, a Star Who Burned Bright to the Last 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z At 70, she will release her final album, “The Light at the End of the Line,” this Friday, followed by a valedictory tour. Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time) 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “This may be the valedictory show by Brook,” Manning says of the revered, 88-year-old director, “and he was very keen to come to Seattle with it.” Seattle Rep’s 2013-14 season: ‘The Suit,’ Holmes’ hound and ‘Virginia Woolf’ 2013-05-01T21:49:20Z But for the participants in this particular rendering of Shakespeare’s great valedictory romance, the concept takes on a more literal meaning. Review: In ‘The Tempest,’ Liberation and Exhilaration 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, therefore, though written before the heart surgery, Wiesel's novel, "Hostage," reads like a valedictory — in the best possible way. 'Hostage': Elie Wiesel's novel of kidnapping and captivity 2012-08-22T19:12:05Z As for stage farewells: The soprano Renée Fleming left it open whether she was actually retiring from opera, but her final turn in “Rosenkavalier” at the Met was certainly presented as a kind of valedictory. Perspective | The top 10 noteworthy moments in classical music in 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z While many had predicted that the 82-year-old Ms. Rivera would get a valedictory salute for her riveting turn as a vengeful zillionaire in “The Visit,” it doesn’t look likely. Tony Voters Speak, in a Royal We 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Frost’s appearance at the Kennedy inaugural was a kind of valedictory — he was 86 and died two years later. Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’ 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z His latest book, “Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes — the Yanomamo and the Anthropologists” — reads a little like a valedictory. ‘Noble Savages’: fierce tribes and occupational hazards 2013-02-13T22:32:44Z But there was an awfully valedictory feeling about the Gabriel story line. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap: ‘I’m Going Home’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Indeed, this whole episode, hosted by Natasha Lyonne and featuring the musical guest Japanese Breakfast, had a valedictory feel to it. ‘S.N.L.’ Says Goodbye to Multiple Cast Members 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The Band Perry and Blake Shelton played Glen Campbell hits before Mr. Campbell himself, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and about to retire, made “Rhinestone Cowboy” his valedictory, ending with a yodel. Critic?s Notebook: Whitney Houston?s Death Casts Shadow on Grammys 2012-02-13T05:31:15Z Still, there’s an increasing sense of the valedictory in these pages: Mentors, colleagues and friends die and Bennett goes to all their funerals. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Cs&Bs sounds like a valedictory notice, incorporating echoes of Mike's previous albums, from the garage BPMs of Original Pirate Material to the funky guitar lines of the underrated Everything Is Borrowed. Music in 2011: skater hip-hop, dark 60s pop, Punjabi folk 2011-01-01T00:04:01Z I suspect most in the audience will not be aware of the valedictory significance of the occasion. Bridge Project, Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes Take Final Bow 2012-03-02T19:00:42Z On reaching the end of her father’s valedictory feuilleton, the reader is likely to be acutely conscious of Antonia’s terrible feeling of loss. ‘Mortality,’ by Christopher Hitchens 2012-08-31T22:50:05Z In a recent, valedictory poem, "Holding Court", which describes his involuntary sequestration, he writes: "My wristband feels too loose around my wrist." Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z The noisy swirl of Urrea’s novel revolves around the dying patriarch Miguel Angel “Big Angel” de la Cruz when three generations gather over the course of a weekend for a final valedictory celebration. Review | A family saga with bounding heart, poetic delivery and plenty of swagger 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “Wave your gladdies, Possums!” she exhorted audience members who caught them, and the evening would end, to music, with a mass valedictory swaying. Barry Humphries (Dame Edna to You, Possums) Is Dead at 89 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The show is also a valedictory for the cabaret, which is closing at the end of the year when the hotel undergoes renovation. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z Otherwise “Spiral” works its way through a satisfying valedictory season, less hair-raising and dire than earlier editions but in some ways more moving. ‘Spiral’ Review: A Peerless Policier Takes On Its Final Case 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z After a run of European festivals and nine valedictory performances in Stavanger, where it is based, Kaizers Orchestra is packing it in — or at least taking an open-ended break. Kaizers Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-05-15T21:11:40Z A slim valedictory coda binds the two sections together. The Best Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z For his valedictory production as Shakespeare Theatre Company’s artistic director, Michael Kahn has chosen to take us back to the dawn of Western drama. Review | Michael Kahn turns to a timeless play from ancient Greece to send off his career 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Even Gorman’s poem couldn’t avoid familiar valedictory sunniness, and often purported “healing” works devolve into feel-good “Chicken Soup for the Soul” sentimentality or are too on the nose. Perspective | Words of wisdom or wishful thinking? The problem with new books that aim to heal us. 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z On Sunday night, they crowded by the Las Vegas Motor Speedway's wall, the glint of a valedictory firework display reflecting in their glow-stick-sunglasses. Electric Daisy Carnival closes out with dreamy exhaustion 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z You often hear people talk about it being valedictory in some way. Schubert’s Final Acceptance, Rueful as Always 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In a valedictory act of patriotism, McCain has clarified his principles, reviewed his mistakes, and called out the corruptions of the President. Remembering John McCain 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Godber's companion play Found features two hotel shift workers who meet for a valedictory drink on the final night of the season. Lost and Found – review 2012-07-29T17:00:00Z So the pairing of Haitink and Mahler's mighty valedictory symphony on the 's final subscription program of the season seems entirely apt. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z And her “Send in the Clowns” proves to be a moving sort of concession speech, a mournful valedictory to love. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z So it was almost a valedictory time as well. Okkervil River gets born again: “I feel more alive than I have for a decade” 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Far from a career valedictory, though, the movie shows a filmmaker at top, often dryly funny form. With a new film, Albert Maysles maintains his empathy, and longevity 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z One of the trips the president chose to take in his valedictory year was to Laos, which the Nixon administration devastated in its cross-border pursuit of its Vietnamese enemies. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z It faded at last, at an arbitrary moment, into “Don’t Stop Believing,” our national herald of the inevitable ill, valedictory moment in an American night. A Dark Night at the Javits Center 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z McCarthy noted during his valedictory press conference that he got a text message from a former opponent of one of the eight Republicans who voted against him, Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z It wasn’t certain she’d make the band’s valedictory performance that night, one of the last of Dead & Co.’s recently concluded farewell tour. Column: Nancy Pelosi on Dylan, the Grateful Dead, a wild night in Argentina — and the healing power of music 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Michael Love, who had paroled from Folsom Prison five months earlier, came back to give the valedictory speech. Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Is it worth applauding, as many at my screening did, when actors from earlier DC comic-book epics get dragged into the frame for a few would-be valedictory moments? Review: The spirit is thrilling, but 'The Flash' is weak 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been on a valedictory tour. Senate candidates who hope to replace Feinstein try to define themselves as they court Democratic activists 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Fresh off his narrow win on his debt bill, McCarthy held a valedictory news conference Wednesday evening in Statuary Hall. Analysis | Defaulting on the national debt is much closer than anyone realizes 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z “The reasons I came here, they never left me,” she told lawmakers in a half-hour valedictory speech in Parliament that cited climate change, child poverty and inequality. Jacinda Ardern’s Career in New Zealand Politics Ends 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z She is due to deliver her final valedictory speech to Parliament on Wednesday. Jacinda Ardern to begin new role combating online extremism 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Warren spoke from the floor, delivering a valedictory “love letter” to the denomination but seeming to stand by his church’s approach. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z She stood all of 5 feet 4 inches, not counting the white stiletto heels, on the podium in the House television studio Thursday for one of her many valedictories. Opinion | As Pelosi bows out, chaos enters (stage right) 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The funereal mood could not have been more different from the valedictory atmosphere typical of college athletics in early November. In memorial service, UVA community mourns shooting victims 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “Do you think I would respond to that question?” the speaker asked when pressed about whether she harbored any feeling that she was on a valedictory tour. Pelosi, Democrats’ Billion-Dollar Woman, Fights On With Majority Teetering 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z A Mexican university has decided not to decertify a psychology graduate who defended traditional values in his valedictory speech. Mexican psychology graduate won’t lose license over conservative remarks, school rules 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z On March 4, the day Grant was sworn in for a second term, Colfax gave a valedictory address in which he defended his conduct in office. A vice president testified before Congress. It was a disaster. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Molly Smith is in her valedictory season as artistic director of Arena Stage, a post she has held for nearly a quarter-century. Perspective | This fall, theaters whet our appetites with an impressive buffet 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson's valedictory speech came after veteran Conservative backbencher Sir Edward Leigh praised his record. Boris Johnson’s last PMQs marked with banter and ‘hasta la vista’ farewell 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Johnson struck a valedictory note at his weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons. 2 candidates knocked out of U.K. Conservative leadership race 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Educators and students had urged administrators to sanction Mr. Pérez over his valedictory remarks. Mexican psychology graduate won’t lose license over conservative remarks, school rules 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Those are the ceremonial trappings of Sue Bird’s magnificent career that can now be set into motion as she begins her valedictory tour of the WNBA. Sue Bird gets to retire on her terms. But the void she’ll leave will be substantial. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Nadal’s tone of late has been valedictory: He has repeatedly referred to the possibility that he could be playing his final French Open. Rafael Nadal, Looking Unbeatable, Wins 14th French Open Title 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Such was the mutedness of the talk-show host’s valedictory run — most likely the result of a 2020 exposé that alleged a “toxic” workplace behind the scenes of a series that encouraged fans to “be kind.” Perspective | As ‘Ellen’ says goodbye, which version of her will we miss? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z On budget night, the outgoing Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, in a valedictory speech brutal even by Australian standards, called him an "autocrat" and "a bully with no moral compass". Australia election: Enter a lacklustre advert for democracy 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Obama’s return to the White House carried a nostalgic, valedictory air. Obama, visiting Biden White House, touts his signature healthcare law's anniversary 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Two days before Sunday’s equinox, the full moon, beaming through the mist, spoke of a celestial valedictory to winter and a welcome to springtime. Friday’s offerings included mist, warmth and a full moon 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But Daniels struggled to write the valedictory speech, his biographer wrote, because he “could not say things he did not believe, and he had mixed feelings about VMI.” VMI’s civil rights hero: How a White valedictorian saved a Black teen’s life in 1965 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z In her valedictory regular column, Ms. Greenhouse states that the Supreme Court is no longer tethered to the policy views of most Americans. Opinion | Politics and the Supreme Court 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Woodward and Costa made a valedictory tour of the cable shows on Thursday, appearing on "Morning Joe" and later the same day on "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell." Donald Trump should be very afraid: This anniversary was not good news for him 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z As we approach the winter solstice and the impending new year, it almost seemed as if some of the last vestiges of autumn had been set ablaze in valedictory. Saturday was warm and overcast in morning and evening 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Rookie of the Year, sounded as if he was offering a valedictory address. For the Astros, a Stinging Loss and an Uncertain Future 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z "It may not rank up there with Skyfall, but it's a moving valedictory salute to the actor who has left arguably the most indelible mark on the character since Connery," he concluded. No Time To Die: Daniel Craig's final Bond film gets five-star reviews 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z He has also been criticized for rough tactics, including excessive slapping in the face and giving extra shoves after a bout was over, as recently as his valedictory win in July. Hakuho, Sumo’s Most Decorated Champion, Exits the Ring 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Her co-star, Josh O’Connor, who played Elizabeth’s son Charles as a humanized weasel, picked up the lead dramatic actor Emmy, beating out Billy Porter of “Pose” on his own valedictory run for the groundbreaking series. Emmys 2021 highlights and analysis: There was ‘The Crown’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ and then there was everyone else 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z He heard that again here, from the hills beyond the Clark Sports Center, before his career valedictory. On His Biggest Stage Yet, Derek Jeter Delivered One More Time 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z After Tuesday’s valedictory news conference with Bush, Ocasio-Cortez signaled that her camp would consider using such tough tactics again. Analysis | Pelosi faces energized left wing on top of razor-thin House margin 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Whether they can be successful in the future is anyone’s guess, but the bipartisan senators decided to give every symbolic gesture possible in their valedictory address. Analysis | A blueprint for a more productive Senate, or an exception that proves dysfunction and division still rule? 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z It was pretty self-aware of Kanye to let Jay roast him in the album’s valedictory verses. 13 instant takeaways from Kanye West's 'Donda' livestream 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z They were in many ways a valedictory for Merkel and her long political career. Biden meets with Merkel in his first session with a European leader at the White House 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z After nearly 30 years on the air, Conan O’Brien bid farewell on Thursday night with a low-key valedictory lap. Review | Conan O’Brien’s late-night run appropriately ends with him as the beloved butt of the joke 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Some thought they heard a valedictory note in his speech at Harvard Law School in April. Supreme Court begins its sprint to finish — and a decision by one justice might be the most important 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Michigan student Elizabeth Turner is fighting back after her public high school told her not to include certain religious content in her upcoming valedictory speech for graduation. Michigan high school violates federal law by opposing religious language in grad speech: complaint 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z She officially retired from active politics in 2016, with a valedictory address to the House of Lords. Obituary: Shirley Williams 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z With anchors hushed, a familiar valedictory theme could be heard: Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” From Trump to Biden, TV Captures a Dramatic Shift 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Frost’s appearance at the Kennedy inaugural was a kind of valedictory - he was 86 and died two years later. Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’ 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z As his presidency enters its final days, Trump’s speech was a valedictory that seethed with anger, and roused those who took it as a call to insurrection. Analysis: Trump’s rage ignites mob assault on democracy 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Back at the White House, he released a valedictory video, more than four minutes long, in which he outlined the accomplishments of his tenure, including his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Pence seeks rejection of lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to overturn the election 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Efforts to persuade Trump to do a valedictory tour for some of his accomplishments, or focus on the coronavirus vaccine, have been futile, said two advisers. A frustrated Trump redoubles efforts to challenge election result 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Vice President Pence has begun looking for a new home in the Washington suburbs, and he’s planning a valedictory foreign trip to begin the day Congress counts the electoral college votes. Even as Trump vows to keep fighting, his aides are quietly starting to move on 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z In his valedictory moment, he did not seek absolution. The Most Human of Immortals 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Little about this apparent valedictory tour is surprising. Analysis | Trump and Pompeo embrace Israel’s one-state reality 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Then, she drove home, where she taped a valedictory “Daily” podcast episode and filed yet another article. The Trump Presidency Is Ending. So Is Maggie Haberman’s Wild Ride. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s remarks, mostly read off notes, were at times more valedictory than defiant. Biden Makes Gains in Key States as Anxious Nation Awaits Winner 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Trump’s remarks, mostly read from notes, were at times more valedictory than defiant. Biden makes gains in key states; Trump unleashes diatribe 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Like Gong, another Chinese screen legend, he lends the proceedings a glimmer of authenticity and a valedictory spirit. Review: Disney's live-action remake of 'Mulan' has more swords and sorcery but less magic 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Striking a valedictory note, and pointing the way forward for future battles over control of the Democratic Party, Mr. Sanders directly addressed supporters of his two presidential campaigns, urging them to back Mr. Biden. Democrats Begin Virtual Convention, Hailing Biden and Denouncing Trump 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Instead of giving a valedictory for his former career on Sunday, Jeter was confronting a crisis in his new one as chief executive of the Miami Marlins. Even With an Early Outbreak, Baseball Still Has a Path Forward 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Selma was a stop in the valedictory pilgrimage retracing the arc of his life. Selma Helped Define John Lewis’s Life. In Death, He Returned One Last Time. 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The creation of the preposterous B. Rosenberg seems valedictory, Kaufman’s unfond farewell to an industry that only treated him like a genius as long as him being a genius was remunerative. Charlie Kaufman is so over COVID — and Hollywood 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Coupled with that was an engaging persona that his colleagues remembered as “funny, loyal, passionate, and acerbic,” as Daniel N. Shaviro of NYU Law School put it in a valedictory on the TaxProf blog. Column: Farewell to USC's Ed Kleinbard, 68, a peerless champion of the public interest 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Mays has collaborated on books before, but “24” feels like a valedictory address in which the speaker is too humble to brag, but waves of guests take the stage to give stirring testimony. Willie Mays at 89: ‘My Thing Is Keep Talking and Keep Moving’ 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Sanders, for his part, in a not-quite valedictory speech after another stinging round of defeats Tuesday, welcomed the chance to avoid the candidate clutter and face Biden by himself. In Sunday debate, Biden hopes to wind it down and Sanders to amp it up 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The most delicious moments are simply listening to those great songs, from “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” to the shattering valedictory performance of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” Review | Music doc about the Band captures a time when something golden, incendiary and wistfully beautiful took place 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But he ended on what sounded like a valedictory note. After a contentious debate, Democratic candidates scramble for South Carolina voters 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Roughly 37.2 million Americans tuned in for Mr. Trump’s speech, Nielsen said on Wednesday, the smallest live-TV audience for a presidential address to Congress since Barack Obama’s valedictory State of the Union in 2016. TV Ratings Declined for Trump’s State of the Union Speech 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The landmark session is set to feature valedictory speeches and even music. Historic Brexit vote due in European Parliament 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z If it lives up to the vision that Miller had laid out on “Swimming,” it may be a clearer, more intentional and valedictory statement piece than most. Posthumous albums are usually cash-in souvenirs, but Mac Miller's could be a rarity: a classic 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z When he led the Giants to a 36-20 victory at home on 15 December over Miami, his parents and brothers attended, as if they knew this would be his valedictory. Eli Manning looks to uncertain future after likely New York Giants farewell 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The headlines only penetrate NFR once, at the end of The Greatest, a gorgeous, valedictory ballad that builds and builds, yet never yields to the inevitable collapse. The best albums of 2019, No 1: Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell! 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Hill’s rage was honed and valedictory; she had concluded that if she stayed she would present a distraction from more important causes. Katie Hill Returns as a Complicated #MeToo Crusader 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Neuharth evidently also chose the name, which Ken Paulson, a former editor of USA Today, called “a bit whimsical” in his valedictory to the place earlier this month. Column: Farewell to the immense, disappointing Newseum 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Many leaned over to whisper in his ear, a poignant sign of affection in the valedictory of a fierce pro football game. Eli Manning Was, Briefly, Eli Manning Again 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The concert ended with an extended, valedictory version of Avicii's signature song, Levels, as the arena lit up with fireworks and laser beams. Stars celebrate Avicii at emotional tribute concert 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z There was no farewell tour, and they released a valedictory song - “We All Go Back to Where We Belong” - that is among the most beautiful in the band’s catalog. Something old, something new for Michael Stipe 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Her generous heart, dignified manner and noble voice seem ideally suited to Strauss’s valedictory utterances,” Gramophone wrote in its review. Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z In an outspoken valedictory interview with BBC News, Sir Ian warned that persuasive political leadership was needed to carry the public through the challenge. Climate change: People 'must consume less' 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Just a shame there was no valedictory birdie last weekend; he bogeyed his final three holes. Tom Watson denied dream end to glittering career as he signs off for last time | Scott Murray 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Not the ideal start to the champ’s valedictory round. The Open 2019: second round – live! 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z In some ways, despite the valedictory title, “The Farewell” is one big hello, stuffed to the gills with cooking and eating, and crowned with a marriage feast for scores of guests. “The Farewell” Mixes Mourning and Revelry 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z On the occasion of the Duke freshman Zion Williamson declaring for the N.B.A. draft, a couple of months ago, a Brooklyn-based startup called Overtime produced a video retrospective worthy of a veteran’s valedictory. The Brooklyn Startup Helping High-School Athletes Go Viral 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z In a valedictory note, he compared Brexit to the fall of Singapore in 1942 and said major investors expect future investment in Europe to be directed more towards Germany and France. Brexit ‘shambles’ has ruined UK reputation, says senior diplomat 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev gets his due in “Meeting Gorbachev,” an engaging and touching valedictory to one of the most pivotal figures of the 20th century. Review | The documentary ‘Meeting Gorbachev’ is a poignant portrait of the former Soviet leader 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Among the items on Rogers’s to-do list in New York was a valedictory stroll through her old Greenpoint neighborhood, and a cheeseburger and beer at Enid’s, her favorite local bar, which was closing. Maggie Rogers Wants to Keep It Real 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Anka, stricken, returned to New York and worked all night on a valedictory lyric for his French pop song that would trumpet Sinatra’s worth. 'People who sing it want the world to know they exist': 50 years of My Way 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The light was beautiful, and so were the leaves on the willows, the oaks, the maples, all of that valedictory splendor endlessly multiplied by the glassy surface of the canal. Family Medicine 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z But this year, Washington’s 32-page valedictory screed bears more weight than in years past. George Washington's Farewell Address to be read on Senate floor in annual tradition 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Pelosi mostly stuck to that script right through her valedictory address four weeks ago on the first day of the new Congress. Analysis | Democrats who never imagined shutdown fight relish victory over Trump 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Do they fancy their chances of pulling off a valedictory shock as they take their leave of this season’s League Cup? Burton Albion v Manchester City: Carabao Cup semi-final second leg – live! 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z He had sharp valedictory words for the allies: “They need to behave as if their military security is as important to them as it is to us.” Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration, Dies at 91 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z On back-to-back days last week, Trump hosted large bipartisan gatherings that were meant to be valedictory, year-end statements of success with an $867 billion farm bill and a sweeping overhaul of federal prison laws. Congress ends with Trump’s fight for wall, shutdown and GOP leaders hard to find 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Ryan’s speech was part of an elaborate valedictory tour that he and his staff have undertaken in recent weeks, including a six-part online video series documenting his career-long quest to enact tax cuts. Bidding Congress Farewell, Paul Ryan Laments Nation’s ‘Broken’ Politics 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z “Thanks, boss,” read the placards that greeted Merkel when she gave a valedictory address, fighting back tears. How Trump Made War on Angela Merkel and Europe 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The final section of her statement was unusually reflective, and almost valedictory. May makes Commons statement after calling off key Brexit vote – Politics live 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The speaker’s vote used to be a perfunctory valedictory moment in which Republicans backed their nominee and Democrats their choice, the gavel going to whichever party had the majority. Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker, but a potential challenger has emerged 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z At times, her highly personal address on Monday sounded like a valedictory. Germany Without Angela Merkel? Unthinkable? Think Again, She Says 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In his valedictory memoir, “The Restless Wave,” McCain wrote of the world he inhabited: “I hate to leave it. But I don’t have a complaint. Not one.” War hero, senator, GOP presidential candidate McCain dies 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z He continued to issue statements and tweets, published a valedictory book and took part in an HBO documentary that some likened to starring in his own obituary. John McCain, influential US senator and ex-presidential candidate, dies aged 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In his valedictory speech, Turnbull sounded a warning against the rising tide of populist anti-immigration political rhetoric, promoted from within his own party. Scott Morrison to become Australian PM as Turnbull denounces 'insurgency' 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Together the newlyweds tramped up to Top Withins and wrote poems about it, an event that Hughes was still mulling over 40 years later in his valedictory Birthday Letters. The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Consider the tension between the exhibit’s valedictory text and its grand portrait of 19th-century Philadelphia blacksmith Pat Lyon, which greets visitors as they arrive. Opinion | The battered aspirations of the American working class 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Instead, it turned into a valedictory of sorts for some of the tournament’s best players, who wished they were playing Sunday in Moscow but put on a display nonetheless. AP PHOTOS: Belgium, England put on one last World Cup show 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Justice Kennedy’s final opinions on the court had a valedictory quality. In Influence if Not in Title, This Has Been the Kennedy Court 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z It worries the boy that while his teacher is saying edifying valedictory things to him, he becomes acutely concerned about the winter quarters of the ducks in the Central Park lagoon. Reading “The Catcher in the Rye” in 1951 1951-08-04T04:00:00Z “We’ve made it through the worst of it,” he said in his valedictory speech. Students graduate from Texas school where shooting killed 10 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z With surprising humility, he liked to quote the valedictory words of the great boxer, Joe Louis: “I did the best I could with what I had.” ‘I did the best I could with what I had…’: writers on the Philip Roth they knew 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Urrea’s boisterous novel revolves around a dying patriarch when three generations gather for a valedictory celebration. Review | The 39 books we’re talking about this summer 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z HUDDERSFIELD, England — After all that, after that long, winding valedictory tour, after a month in which every milestone was recorded and every moment was a memory, there was no chance to say a final goodbye. There Goes Arsène Wenger 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z It is reminiscent of the 2009 valedictory “True Compass,” written by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who died of cancer shortly before its publication. John McCain Isn’t Ready to Wave a White Flag Just Yet 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z But nobody has matched the valedictory of Michael Anton, who ended a roiling 14-month stint at the National Security Council on Tuesday by cooking dinner for the president of France. Departing national-security aide’s grand finale: cooking for a state dinner 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Life doesn’t end here, wrote Escobar in what turned out to be his valedictory address to the people of Colombia. World Cup stunning moments: Andrés Escobar's deadly own goal | Barry Glendenning 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Fariña sent a valedictory email on Friday to the city’s teachers, thanking them for their dedication and offering one last bit of advice. Trying Again, de Blasio Names a New Schools Chancellor 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z United, in what would prove to be Ferguson’s final season, cruised to a valedictory title. On Sánchez, City Passes and United Strikes 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z They were a mere four months apart in age — 86 at that time — and to Robertson, it felt in some ways like a valedictory. Bob Robertson’s interview of Keith Jackson was filled with emotion and mutual respect 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Mark Gatiss, a regular writer for the show who guest stars in the episode as a British Army officer marooned in time, said there was “a valedictory feel” on the set of the finale. Who’s next: End of an era as “Doctor Who” gets a new star 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Still, Mr. Seigel wrote in his valedictory, “If the democratic dialogue is to be a reality, then every letter in the mailbag makes its contribution.” Open for Comment Since 1851, and Still Going Hot and Heavy 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Bass is shortly to leave Turkey after being named the US envoy to Afghanistan and it is traditional for outgoing envoys to make valedictory visits to top officials. Erdoğan says Turkey to boycott US ambassador over visa row 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But the days that followed the respective valedictory addresses demonstrated that, in matters of life and death, most politicians don’t change stripes with an emotional reaction. Analysis | Scalise and McCain faced death in the mirror. It didn’t change their views on two major policy issues. 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z No, this is yet another first for Mayweather: a valedictory lap for a fighter. Time to doff your cap because the last laugh will be Floyd Mayweather’s 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Even in his valedictory column, he said things that the industry probably doesn’t want to hear. Farewell Walt Mossberg, the scourge of Silicon Valley | John Naughton 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z But it is not a valedictory win; it is a rebirth. Rafael Nadal beats Albert Ramos-Viñolas to win 10th Monte Carlo Masters 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z He is, given the valedictory nature of his performance, also in tears. Ultimate Fighting Championship: the fight of our lives? 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z There had been speculation that the book had been timed for the eve of Key’s valedictory speech. New Zealand accused of cover-up over Afghan civilian deaths 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Gronning smiled at Jacklyn’s valedictory joke, adding that technically, she was, indeed, valedictorian for a day - being the only graduate Monday. De Soto student’s dying dad gets to see her graduate early 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Bowie, who died in January 2016, is nominated in the album of the year category for valedictory release “Blackstar” and male British artist category at the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys. The Latest: Sandé wins best British female solo artist 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z He completed a valedictory round of handshakes, and then we boarded the Immortality Bus once more. 600 Miles in a Coffin-Shaped Bus, Campaigning Against Death Itself 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z But in the end, Doe is saved by a handful of Americans who believe in him, leading to the editor’s valedictory line: “There you are, Norton, the people! Try and lick that!” 'It will be called Americanism': the US writers who imagined a fascist future 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Obama’s valedictory speech in his hometown of Chicago was a public meditation on the trials and triumphs, promises kept and promises broken that made up his eight years in the White House. President Barack Obama Says Goodbye in Forceful Speech 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Some Chicago residents say it’s shaping up as a hollow valedictory speech. Obama to give farewell address in Chicago amid violence, racial divisions 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Outgoing ambassadors often write valedictory notes but few are as explosive as this. Ministers 'silent' over criticism of EU ambassador - BBC News 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “We will deliver,” Ryan told the House in his valedictory speech. Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Now the film has a permanent valedictory note. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: surviving instant fame and finding a lasting bond 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Losing with dignity is a highly overrated concept, so Spurs went down kicking, barging and hacking in a valedictory display which proved conclusively that, if nothing else, they really do care. The Fiver Christmas Awards 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z A valedictory title for the grand old boy could be on the cards, you know. Arsenal v Stoke City, Premier League and more: clockwatch – live! 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Those crowds were just one sign that Obama’s week-long valedictory journey had turned into less of a celebratory goodbye tour and more of a bittersweet farewell for a president whose worldview is now under siege. The Daily 202: Rust Belt Dems broke for Trump because they thought Clinton cared more about bathrooms than jobs 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Yet on his valedictory tour abroad just nine weeks later, he lectures anyone who will listen on the sins of parochialism. For Democrats, the road back 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Therefore, there was a certain pathos to President Obama’s valedictory performance at last weekend’s Asia-Pacific economic summit. A Trump Pacific Partnership 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z What was supposed to be a valedictory foreign tour for Barack Obama became a glum mission to soothe a panicking world, a plea to keep calm and carry on. Bannon, Kushner and Priebus: rivals for power at the heart of Trump's team 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z In the campaign’s final hours, Springsteen performed at a Clinton rally in Philadelphia, in a moving and valedictory set that aimed to appeal to blue-collar rock fans. Hillary Clinton sees last-minute surge of support — from some of pop music's biggest stars 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z The late Bob Bartley, for three decades the editor of The Wall Street Journal, made one in his 2002 valedictory address. History Repeats as Farce, Then as 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Take the valedictory address of former President Bill Clinton, the paterfamilias of the globalist reunion. Besieged Globalists Ponder What Went Wrong 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr Obama disposed of Syria in just two sentences in his valedictory speech at the UN last week. The agony of Aleppo 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The General Assembly is doubling as a valedictory for Mr. Obama and a dress rehearsal for Mrs. Clinton. U.N. Meeting a Farewell for Obama, and a Dress Rehearsal for Clinton 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z What a moment for President Obama to deliver his valedictory address to the United Nations on Tuesday — defending the liberal international order at a time when it’s under severe stress around the world. Obama has the right ideas for fixing our broken world — four years too late 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z There was something valedictory about the gathering: at the end of the week, the team would be vacating Room 901. The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z In his valedictory speech Wednesday night, Obama quoted Reagan’s description of the country as a “shining city on a hill” and contrasted it with Donald Trump’s nightmare vision of “a divided crime scene.” The Democrats channel Reagan 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z There was no escaping the valedictory trappings of Biden’s remarks Wednesday night. Joe Biden’s farewell: The VP’s last big moment under the political spotlight 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The valedictory capped one of the longest runs in American politics. Heart and Soul of Obama's White House 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Top advisers said on Wednesday that he had rejected the idea of a valedictory address in the style of Ronald Reagan in 1988 or Bill Clinton in 2000. Obama, at Convention, to Lay Out Stakes for a Divided Nation 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama offered his views in a valedictory message summarizing what he sees as his legacy on health care, together with his ideas to improve the Affordable Care Act. Obama Offers Ways to Improve His Health Care Law 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z It proved to be not his valedictory but the opening salvo of his successful comeback in 1968. Trump’s war on the media carries chilling echoes of Nixon 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z This summer will be her valedictory; the island’s parkland will be completed, and it will probably usher in another record number of visitors. As the Revival of Governors Island Reaches a Peak, Its Architect Steps Down 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z There’s a valedictory sentimentality to proceedings, as if humanity itself was preparing to vacate the Earth. Richard Branson: ‘Millions of people would love to become astronauts’ 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z There’s been a valedictory tinge to everything on “American Idol” this season. 'American Idol' recap: Now it's down to three 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Here is how Mr. Davis concluded his valedictory, framed by the little proscenium arch whose future is now uncertain: Harlem Church Where Malcolm X Was Eulogized Faces Its Own Final Days 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Conservative Nanette Milne, making her valedictory speech in the chamber, said: "This is a very welcome piece of legislation, and much needed." MSPs to agree new burial rules after baby ashes scandal - BBC News 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z When Rubio himself spoke, the sound system failed, so he delivered his valedictory with a bullhorn. Rubio’s parting shot at Trump 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z In something of a valedictory, he told the story of an older supporter in the Miami area who despite recently undergoing surgery was holding a Rubio sign outside an early-polling center. In Republican Debate, Candidates Lower Volume as Five Key Primaries Near 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z By the end of Sunday night’s wake, it became more of a valedictory. Rick Santorum: an Iowa requiem for the candidate holding a tiny slice of support 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z If the debate was their valedictory, it wasn’t a particularly memorable one. The Sad Sideshow of the Republican Undercard 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Second, in a speech billed as both a valedictory of sorts and a broad look at the future, he owed the public more. A nation that is getting older — fast 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Bill Clinton, in his 2000 valedictory, harked back to Theodore Roosevelt's talk of a "growing nation with a future that takes the long look ahead." The White House promises a nontraditional address for President Barack Obama's final State of the Union 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Reviewers were enthusiastic, but could not help noticing the valedictory feel of the album. David Bowie obituary 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z There was something in Coughlin’s valedictory press conference, on January 5th, and in Manning’s almost tearful comments a day earlier, that evoked existential things: passing time, waning powers, the place we’re all headed. Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning, and Football Between Fathers and Sons 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z He began his valedictory news conference on Friday saying the most important thing happening at the White House that day was a screening of the new “Star Wars” movie for families of fallen military personnel. Relishing a Respite in Hawaii, but Reality Is Never Far Away 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The valedictory air of his concerts deepened as the years passed, carrying friends and associates away with them. A very long retirement: Sinatra’s bittersweet final years remembered 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z During his valedictory speech to the House of Representatives, Hockey praised his own efforts at ending the age of entitlement. Former treasurer Joe Hockey set to be named US ambassador 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z It was the Lakers’ first game since Sunday, when Bryant announced that he would retire at season’s end, instantly turning the next five months into a valedictory tour. A Strained Relationship Eases Between Kobe Bryant and Philadelphia 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In the valedictory statement he released shortly before his death, Hicks writes of how the diagnosis seemed “one of life’s weirdest and worst jokes imaginable”. Bill Hicks: do the legendary comic's jokes still stand up? 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Levine complimented her on making the music she wanted to make and doing things her own way, perhaps sounding a valedictory note. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 11 take the stage 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z It will be something of a valedictory moment: On Nov. 1 the entity became two companies. Black Friday, a Test for Pixar and HP Earnings 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z After many students expressed similar feelings at a meeting with school officials, Dr. Carson withdrew from giving the address, which would have been a valedictory of his career. With Ben Carson, the Doctor and the Politician Can Vary Sharply 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z O’Connell, veteran of 108 caps, will be 36 later this month, and the applause of the massed Irish fans as he left had a valedictory air. Ireland Stops France, and Sidesteps the All Blacks 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The wins were a valedictory of sorts for Stewart, who left his host gig at "The Daily Show" this summer after roughly a 16-year run as political commentator, satirist and interviewer. Emmy Awards: Jon Stewart bows out big with 3 wins for 'Daily Show' 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Yet there’s a desperate, valedictory quality to his plea. Poor Rand Paul 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It was a valedictory visit to England for him, and he was accompanied by his partner, the writer Bill Hayes. Tea with Oliver Sacks: Will Self, Andrew Solomon and Sue Halpern pay tribute 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Several days later, a valedictory essay titled “Sabbath” appeared in The Times. Oliver Sacks Dies at 82; Neurologist and Author Explored the Brain’s Quirks 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mr. Trump said that he had enjoyed overshadowing Mr. Stewart’s valedictory broadcast in the ratings with this debate performance on Fox, which drew record viewership. Today in Politics: Rivals Can No Longer Ignore Donald Trump's Long Shadow 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Given the joy with which people love to write him off, isn’t it going to be something when Tiger wins his valedictory 15th major? US PGA Championship 2015: first round – live! 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The fresh inflection this time round is the valedictory mood, in what Tyler said would be her last book before she agreed to re-tell The Taming of the Shrew for a new century. Man Booker prize 2015: the longlist - in pictures 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z A political scientist criticized the President’s speech, saying he failed to present the bigger picture in his valedictory. Binay still mum on SONA 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z With Obama approaching his final year in the White House and Stewart nearing the end of his 16-year-run as host of the Comedy Central flagship, the encounter had a valedictory air. Obama on The Daily Show: 'Executive order: Jon Stewart cannot leave' 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The boys gathered in a tiny locker room to listen to Skelton’s valedictory remarks — incisive, with a bit of praise and scalding criticism. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Given the joy with which people love to write him off, isn’t it going to be something when Tiger wins his valedictory 15th major? US PGA Championship 2015: first round – live! 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “Val·e·dic·to·rian: n. in schools and colleges, the student, usually the one highest in scholastic rank in the graduating class, who delivers the valedictory,” according to Webster’s New World College Dictionary. It’s crowded at the top of the class 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z She closed her valedictory with a bit of wisdom, weighted with self-awareness beyond her 18 years. She’s a first-generation college student with her pick of 5 Ivy League schools 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Before it disappears entirely, however, a valedictory is in order. A Valedictory to a House for Brotherhood and Fashion 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But perhaps his most impressive speech was the valedictory address at his high school graduation: It was a defense of a favorite teacher who had been fired because of an issue with overtime pay. The brash New York prosecutor who’s indicting left and right 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z In the 2010 interview with The Times, though, he took a reflective, valedictory tone. Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singapore, Dies at 91 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Her valedictory essay, “What I’ve learned at the Pope Center,” is well worth reading. Higher Education Week in Review: February 9-15 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But in the end he returned to his company, slowly at first, while also traveling the world on a kind of valedictory tour. Michael Bloomberg Shakes Up Newsroom Side of His Company 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Case in point: the valedictory remarks of Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe on Jan. 6, which reflected the lessons of a lifetime as a U.S. Special interests deliver obstacles to fixing the Postal Service 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Of course, backbench representatives step down all the time, usually with nary a single valedictory piece from a national outlet. Farewell to America’s favorite wingnut: Remembering Michele Bachmann’s signature moments 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z And this year, the valedictory speeches were always emotional, sometimes salty and occasionally awkward. First Draft. Political News, Now. - NYTimes.com 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It is presented here as a kind of valedictory, because Mr. Conrad is leaving The Times this week, as are many of our colleagues. A Photographer Goes Beyond Words to Tell Buildings’ Stories 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z But among most well-wishers at the tents, the dominant mood was valedictory. Frail Face of Protest in Hong Kong Fights On 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Nicola Sturgeon’s speech at her party’s conference in Perth on November 15th lacked the bombast of Mr Salmond’s valedictory address the day before. Queen of Scots 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “Let me make it clear: There will be no government shutdowns and no default on the national debt,” McConnell said in a valedictory news conference in Louisville. McConnell’s promise of no shutdowns will be tested by Senate’s staunch conservatives The late David Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the New York Times and devoted much of his book “The Powers That Be” to Mr. Bradlee’s Washington Post, offered this valedictory in an interview: Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93 Webb’s retirement from track became official in February after he competed at the Millrose Games — a valedictory of sorts — and he quickly set about honing his swim stroke and improving his strength on the bike. Track Star Grinds Out A Bumpy Transition 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Widing Cruz, 38, will also be driving up to Boston for the weekend — after attending the valedictory home game in New York. As the Jeter Era Ends, His Fans Must Be There 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Think of the word’s most famous uttering: Rhett Butler’s valedictory line to Scarlett O’Hara after she weepingly pleads: “If you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?” Washington’s favorite f-word The new House GOP leadership team took over Thursday, but a mere two hours after Rep. Eric Cantor gave his valedictory as majority leader on the House floor, his successor did a face-plant. An upending of reason in the House The most memorable episode of the trial, Sterling's own testimony, devolved into a rant against the NBA, not a valedictory for his own leadership skills. Sterling case is a novel legal obstacle course 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z But the valedictory tone of his World Cup summation may offer an insight into his fate. Sun sets on a Japan ruing missed opportunities 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z That in-joke about the presenter's history of reciting the impending elements rather reluctantly at the end of the current affairs show was one of a number of flashback pranks during his valedictory edition. Jeremy Paxman's final Newsnight - TV review 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Packed into the hall for what was billed as a valedictory performance, there were Australian stars from Neighbours, numerous fellow countrymen and the writer Kathy Lette. Seriously ill Clive James puts in a bravura performance at London literary festival – 'I'd love to go on like this' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z It was a sad valedictory that doubled as a way for Woodson to imply that he would be right there with them when they convened for training camp. On Pro Basketball: Woodson Is Looking to Next Season, but Others’ Eyes Are on Him 2014-04-17T03:11:20Z Evgeni Plushenko, 31, the Russian men’s star competing in his fourth Games, won the team men’s long program Sunday with a valedictory performance that was full of showmanship and calculatedly lacking in risk. Russia Wins First Gold in Sochi in Team Figure Skating 2014-02-09T18:30:20Z At a valedictory appearance at a school in Harlem earlier this month the departing mayor revealed his strengths and weaknesses. Bloomberg's contested legacy as NYC mayor 2013-12-23T01:26:26Z But the championship ring he chose for his career valedictory suggested something deeper. On Baseball: Torre Enters Hall as a Winner and Credits the Effort 2013-12-09T22:26:54Z The 55-year-old also thanked backroom staff and players, in what at times sounded like a valedictory speech. Bradley hails Egypt team's unity 2013-11-18T11:18:12Z Mr. Mugabe spoke in valedictory terms about his achievements, saying that history would remember him as a liberator, whatever the outcome of the election. Mugabe Keeps Grip Before Vote, but the Opposition Grows Bolder 2013-07-31T00:16:50Z "In every business the chief executive wakes up in the morning wondering where the growth will come from," he reflected in valedictory remarks. Payouts to former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy since retirement top £8m 2013-07-07T16:06:24Z King wryly remarked at his valedictory treasury select committee appearance last week that: "I am sure that Mark Carney is very much more persuasive than me." Can Carney keep a lid on booms and bonds at the Bank of England? 2013-06-30T08:11:00Z You witness it in childishness of Canberra's parliamentary Question Time but also in the touching - and often teary - response from the chamber when departing MPs give their valedictory responses. A confounding and complex country 2013-06-28T19:00:58Z But the valedictory lap did not last long. Hulu, Seeking a Buyer, May Shift Course 2013-06-23T20:48:00Z But instead of a joyous reunion it was more of a valedictory for her and the children – the school is closing for good. As Archdiocese’s Schools Retrench, Worries Grow for a Building Block for Minority Students 2013-06-20T16:11:32Z On Wednesday night, King will be in valedictory mode, giving his last speech before stepping down at the end of the month, to be succeeded by former Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney. UK's Osborne to unveil future of state-controlled banks 2013-06-18T23:09:28Z In a valedictory interview with Sky News this month he called on the public and the media to stop "demonising" bankers. Mervyn King to be cast away on Desert Island Discs 2013-05-29T13:30:02Z Not for Wilkinson a gentle valedictory tour of his sport's PR-hungry outfits. Absent Wilkinson remains a headline act 2013-04-30T18:07:55Z Campbell has ruffled feathers along the way but undoubtedly deserves the plaudits that flowed her way at a valedictory dinner last week. Baroness Sue Campbell: 'I really believe sport changes lives' 2013-03-25T14:50:24Z As Tony Blair's valedictory "feral beast" speech put it, not only does people's behaviour have to be incompetent, their motives must be venal too in Fleet Street's books. Press regulation: who has won? 2013-03-18T12:06:24Z In something of a valedictory, Clinton noted her robust itinerary in four years and her work, nearly 1 million miles and 112 countries. Hillary Clinton: U.S. Moving Swiftly to Secure Security After Benghazi Assault 2013-01-23T15:35:34Z They are the most unusual love poems: fortified by years, by sexual passion of valedictory intensity and by vows she does not, at first, know how to unmake. Sharon Olds wins TS Eliot prize 2013-01-14T21:47:58Z But her illness has scuttled further travel, including hopes for a valedictory tour of Asia or the Middle East. Scare Amplifies Fears That Clinton’s Work Has Taken Heavy Toll 2013-01-05T01:11:55Z "Argentina is not just another 'banana republic' - a tin pot country led by a tinpot dictator," he wrote in his valedictory despatch in June 1982. Falklands attack 'surprised' Thatcher 2012-12-28T00:08:19Z Sunday's valedictory card offers an insight into the place Hereford now occupies in racing's hierarchy. Hereford runs probably its last race as course faces final curtain 2012-12-15T17:08:28Z Would Tendulkar be allowed such a departure, though, or would there be an insistence, a public clamour, on a valedictory series, a grand tour of the country, something that would inevitably dominate proceedings? Sachin Tendulkar reaching the time when India great needs a nudge 2012-12-14T12:40:21Z Fireman Ed said so himself, penning his valedictory address in a guest column published in Monday’s editions of the free newspaper Metro. On Pro Football: Q-U-I-T, Quit! Quit! Quit! Fireman Ed Hangs Up His Helmet 2012-11-27T02:17:37Z His blood values in his valedictory 2009 and 2010 Tours, state an expert, had "less than a one in a million chance" of being natural. Lance Armstrong: Fall of a sporting hero 2012-10-11T11:26:44Z A valedictory communication with investors as the fund was effectively closed in 2009 recorded that Atticus Global was up 19% annually, after fees, compared with a gain of 3.9% for the Standard & Poor's 500. Nat Rothschild: investor with a gift for digging up trouble 2012-09-29T23:05:45Z "See you in Wales," began Faldo's valedictory quip at the closing ceremony, "and bring your waterproofs with you." Ryder Cup 2012: Captains' speeches - the dos and don'ts 2012-09-26T18:44:36Z In a previous series on BBC Radio 4 called Parting Shots we explored the recently extinguished tradition of the valedictory despatch - the last despatch an ambassador would send before quitting a foreign post. The story of Major's gift horse 2012-09-21T03:19:36Z His valedictory tour begins Sunday in Pittsburgh, his hometown. On the Sideline, the Jets’ Odd Couple Coach Alike and Think Alike 2012-09-15T15:54:07Z The arrival here by Mr. Clinton had the feel of a valedictory, particularly as Mr. Obama arrived on stage at the end of the speech, while thousands of Democrats here thundered their approval. Clinton Delivers Stirring Plea for Obama Second Term 2012-09-06T04:28:09Z On her valedictory African tour as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton is visiting a very different continent from the one she came to as first lady in the 1990s. Memo From Africa: U.S. Seeks to Step Up Africa Investment 2012-08-08T23:25:45Z Mike Mullen even describing the Haqqanis as “a veritable arm of the ISI,” in his valedictory testimony to Congress last year. Are Pakistan and the U.S.'s Spy Agencies Starting to Get Along? 2012-08-08T03:05:32Z In a valedictory op ed in the Financial Times, Annan warned of dire and brutal consequences for the current impasse, at the same time warning that a morbid outcome was not inevitable. Why Syria and the World Will Miss Kofi Annan's Peace Plan 2012-08-02T19:05:29Z After a festive, valedictory lap around London on Thursday that passed by some of the capital's most famous landmarks, the Olympic flame made its last stop before the opening ceremony. Olympic torch takes center stage at concert 2012-07-26T20:16:11Z When I left the Speaker’s chair in my valedictory speech, I said to the Commons: protect your heritage, cherish your liberties, don’t let anybody destroy them. Lords reform debate opens as MPs threaten revolt: Politics live blog 2012-07-09T08:20:44Z Scotland had to make do with a valedictory 3-0 win over the CIS in their final group game, before leaving for home. The Joy of Six: European Championship memories 2012-06-01T09:36:05Z With the series starting Wednesday night in Newark, he was hardly in a state of mind for valedictory reflection. Stanley Cup Finals: To Devils’ Lamoriello, Beating Rangers Is Always Special 2012-05-28T01:54:05Z But as the set announces, this “Tempest” is about the words set down by the playwright, not a meditation on colonialism or gender politics or even Shakespeare’s valedictory. | Connecticut: Theater Review: A Review of ‘The Tempest,’ at Hartford Stage 2012-05-26T05:24:26Z It is a cup final curiosity, though, that preoccupies him and it forms a thick layer of his motivation for Saturday night's collision with in what could well be his valedictory appearance in a shirt. Chelsea's Didier Drogba keen to exorcise ghosts of European cup finals 2012-05-18T17:53:48Z In fact, I look forward to next years’ valedictory address by your esteemed classmate, Count Chocula. Funniest commencement speeches 2012-05-04T10:00:00Z Gingrich’s speech at Georgetown University on Wednesday evening sounded like a valedictory for a vanishing campaign. As Gingrich's Chances Dwindle, His Campaign Lumbers to an End 2012-03-30T01:05:38Z In the glowing language of his own immortal valedictory, he left "this great people prosperous and happy." Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z She seated herself in one, although she would much rather have walked, and, as soon as Captain Dove was ready, they were carried off, the Emir shouting a valedictory message to the old man. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Afterwards I read my valedictory verses, strung together in a very headlong fashion, but just as well liked as though I had bestowed more care upon them. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Gloves and rings are the valedictories of the dead—their vales, or parting tokens, received by the mourners, at the hand of some surviving friend. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The university’s vice chancellor, Prof. Andrew Harding, issued a valedictory that sought to bring some dignity to the affair. Steven Rawlings Case Evokes Oxford?s Inspector Morse 2012-01-14T02:33:50Z To be sure, the speech echoed some of the themes of Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s valedictory rants in the months before his ouster and murder. The Milosevic Playbook: Why Waging Civil War May Keep Assad In Power 2012-01-06T06:55:00Z The thought sustaining one being that, amen succeeding amen, the final and valedictory one is bound to come in time. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z This lyric, first published in the edition of 1788, seems to have been his valedictory to the muse for a season. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z In his valedictory the editor complains bitterly of the unliterary atmosphere in America. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z "I shall see you again," said Manasseh, with a valedictory wave of his hand, and digging his staff into the cobblestones he journeyed forwards without bestowing a single backward glance upon his benefactor. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Don Rosendo assented to all, knitted his brows and extended his open hand in a valedictory fashion. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Unluckily, half our pack were then wasting their energies on a big boar, which, after trotting close up to where the writer stood, turned back with a valedictory grunt and disappeared. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z A valedictory oration is pronounced at the grave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The poem "Neversink," written some months later, is his valedictory to the ocean. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z And as O'Hara escorted Captain Chauvin to the door, Pat accompanied them, but only with a valedictory bark. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z He was seen regularly from its debut until 1984 and returned for the valedictory episode after it was cancelled. Jimmy Savile, TV Personality, Dies at 84 2011-11-03T04:35:06Z Let us give you the fewest possible selected brief passages that will do something towards possessing you of the core of Calhoun’s valedictory to the United States and the South. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z This finished, he chanted part of the Great Hallel with the beloved twelve, as if the victory were already won; then gave them his valedictory address, and went out to die. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z His scholarly valedictory at that institution is one of the papers reserved for publication in his memoirs. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z He also reads valedictory addresses to retiring Governors and other Government Magnificoes. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The valedictory was by W. A. Oldham, who did the best I ever heard him. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z My Tweetdeck was the perfect venue last night for capturing the emotional ups and downs, the quips, wisecracks, putdowns and valedictories of a group of like-minded baseball fanatics, all of us giddy with delight. Wednesday night was an epic feast of baseball delights 2011-09-29T20:11:44Z He met Mr. Chaplin in 1953, when Mr. Rothman was in charge of European distribution for “Limelight,” considered Mr. Chaplin’s valedictory American film. Mo Rothman Dies at 92; Revived Interest in Charlie Chaplin 2011-09-27T03:25:42Z "Charity boy!" repeated Jessie; "I thought Walter Marshall was to deliver the valedictory." Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z Stayner, in his valedictory to the postmasters of Canada, took credit for the thriving and effective state in which he left the post office. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Or was it the crowd’s steady applause, with its air of being valedictory, that was killing him? Magazine Preview: The Fierce Intimacy of Tennis Rivalries 2011-08-24T12:00:00Z Sally had the valedictory, or whatever it is to which the first scholar in the class is entitled. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z But there were little valedictory acts to be remembered when she was gone, that showed her thoughtfulness and love. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Walter asked, in the same cold, calm, tone, which so exasperated Jessie that she replied: "I know you hate me, and I know you didn't write all that valedictory, and everything." Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z So I add a valedictory chapter—an epilogue in fact—contenting myself with the very briefest of descriptions, trusting that my illustrations will supply the missing details. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Her valedictory, like her salutatory, was a diffuse apology for their intrusion upon the sacredness of the installation-eve. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Hildenbrand, who just turned 18 and plans to study music ministry in college, said she will reflect on the events of the past week when she delivers her valedictory remarks. Federal appeals court opens doors for prayer at Texas graduation 2011-06-04T00:02:26Z The valedictory address had been written by Sam and was delivered by the class orator, Stanley. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z By the way, I have just come from New Haven, where I had the pleasure of hearing the charity boy's valedictory. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z She ended her stint with an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about the Middle East, which if not really a scoop was at least a valedictory lap. The TV Watch: Quiet Departure Is Stark Contrast to Heralded Arrival 2011-05-20T03:18:57Z They hurried, Bowles struggling with the baggage, of which he had three pieces, and Dixie Lee preparing her valedictory. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z In a valedictory speech last month in Shanghai, he put his frustrations with China’s prickly and suspicious diplomacy on full display. Eyeing the White House After Service in China 2011-04-30T17:30:59Z Sam's valedictory was received with loud clapping of hands. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z Jessie," Walter said, sternly, "what do you mean about that valedictory. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z Steve Waugh played his valedictory matches knowing precisely the legacy that was there but also what the future would hold. Ricky Ponting's reign as Australia's captain skated on ever thinner ice 2011-03-29T11:02:40Z In his valedictory address to this year's annual meeting he promised that two new non-executive directors, to bolster the board's credibility with disillusioned institutional investors, were imminent. Mitchells & Butlers departure shows trouble still brewing 2011-03-16T20:43:28Z At the end of his presentation to City analysts, Sandy Morris from Royal Bank of Scotland stood up and gave a generous, but tongue-in-cheek, valedictory speech. Sir John Rose, captain of industry, bows out and gets on his motorbike 2011-02-11T06:59:01Z "Oh, what delightful people!" the little lady exclaimed as they drove off, with valedictory waving of hands from all three of them. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z Ever since resigning and firing arrows in all directions at his valedictory media conference, Woodward has been linked with a return to Twickenham. Here's a directive to the IRB: tell referees to apply the laws 2011-01-06T10:53:46Z Eight years ago tour was run in conjunction with what effectively was a Steve Waugh valedictory series, culminating in his century at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Mike Selvey: The light is dying for Ponting 2010-12-30T09:36:19Z Eight years ago, the Ashes tour was run in conjunction with what effectively was a Steve Waugh valedictory series, culminating in his century at Sydney Cricket Ground. Ricky Ponting rages on but the light is dying for more than just him 2010-12-30T09:36:19Z Lawrence H. Summers, the departing director of the National Economic Council, said in a valedictory address at the Economic Policy Institute. Tax-cut package clears procedural hurdle in Senate 2010-12-14T06:46:00Z Along the way, he offers a bit of a valedictory of his eight years in office. Clinton Battles a Repeat of ?94 With a Twist on ?08 2010-10-26T00:50:00Z Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images used his valedictory speech as a frontbencher today to warn his party's new leader against backsliding on the commitment to halve Britain's budget deficit in four years. Alistair Darling warns Ed Miliband: Don't backslide on budget deficit 2010-09-27T15:21:00Z The essay is in its way the reverse of Williams’s valedictory feat. Tribute to a Hero in Twilight 2010-09-25T17:26:00Z The valedictory was becoming more of an elegy. Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheon 2010-09-02T02:40:00Z The W’s valedictory journey took on the vibe of a New Orleans funeral. Next Stop on the W Train: History 2010-06-28T17:29:00Z Ask the 30 Valedictorians There will be no valedictory speech at Jericho High School’s graduation on Sunday. At Some High Schools, Multiple Valedictorians 2010-06-26T17:11:00Z The real winner was Simon Cowell, the departing judge: the valedictory tribute to him was so lame and amateurish that it presaged more bad things for the show once he is truly gone. The TV Watch: Simon Cowell Hosts His Last ?American Idol? 2010-05-27T04:29:00Z Trying to second-guess O'Neill can be a dangerous game but a couple of independent sources have told Digger there was a valedictory feel to his address, although Villa dispute that this was the case. West Ham owners take more flexible stance on players' wages 2010-05-06T23:10:00Z Mr. Brown, speaking in Hockley, south of Birmingham, sounded somewhat valedictory, after 48 hours that knocked his campaign sideways. After Debates, British Candidates Race to Finish Line 2010-04-30T19:41:00Z Stevens read part of the dissent -- in an uncharacteristically shaky voice -- from the bench, and some viewed it as something of a valedictory, or at least a confirmation that he was leaving. After years as justice, John Paul Stevens wants what's 'best for the court' 2010-04-04T04:00:00Z The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the valedictory address at the commencement exercises.” At Some High Schools, Multiple Valedictorians 2010-06-26T17:11:00Z "I received a letter from the PCB that my staying in the team is harmful for the team," he related at a valedictory press conference, "so I announce my retirement from international cricket." PCB resorts to extreme measures in bid to dig their way out of a hole | Andy Bull 2010-03-30T13:20:00Z There followed an unusual valedictory speech to delegates and a description of the prime minister as a "towering figure". After Tony 2010-03-30T09:28:00Z Jamaica would make the finals, though, beating future hosts Japan 2-1 in a glorious valedictory game in Lyon. The Joy of Six: Footballing brawls | Scott Murray 2010-03-19T10:36:00Z The following morning, having discarded his chauffeur's attire and departed from Broadoak Manor, after listening to an eloquent and most enjoyable valedictory address from its tenant, Pip returned to London. "Pip" A Romance of Youth He knew that this pilgrimage of his to the hilltop, his rapt contemplation of the little panorama which had become so dear to him, was in a sense valedictory. The Hillman He wrote a valedictory letter to his friends at Albany—urged them to remain firm in the cause of Liberty—trust in God for deliverance and bade them an affectionate—a final farewell. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "Which would you rather have," I asked him, "a valedictory or a friend?" The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew There he wrote that valedictory letter to Gertrude which is given at the end of the last chapter. Ayala's Angel An item in his host's valedictory remarks took him back into the room again, and he stood holding the door-handle as he spoke. "Pip" A Romance of Youth It is on account of the valedictory words of this History that I have introduced the name of Alaman on this occasion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 It sustained and inflamed little Elsie, who, dizzy with congratulations, valedictory gushings, present receiving, dress trying, and orange-blossom choosing, ignored the importance of life's destination in the enjoyment of the surrounding and immediate scenery. Love's Usuries He wrote a valedictory article, and left affairs half settled. Maximina Visitors flocked to the old historic town to witness the commencement exercises and hear Chiquita, the Ute's daughter, deliver the valedictory. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Benevalete was also employed as the appreciation in early deeds; but in Merovingian diplomas and in papal bulls this valedictory salutation becomes a mark of authentication, as will be noticed below. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Delivers valedictory address before Edinburgh University on 'The Place of Ancient Greece in the Providential Order of the World.' The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The expression of the salutation was scarcely valedictory, and Harry Burnley found himself doomed to solitary departure. Love's Usuries It was Wainer's valedictory, a sublime, triumphant summation, born of his hope for the future of Man. Wainer But that reminds me: what will be the theme for my valedictory? Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter All these diplomas are technically letters, having the superscription and address and, at the foot, close to the seal, the valedictory benevalete. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" This was to be his final term, and he expected to deliver a valedictory speech. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl From my military readers I feel it impossible to part without a few valedictory words. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Its valedictory character was further emphasized by Mrs. Fazakerly's proposing to walk home with them, and finally falling into the rear with Durant. The Return of the Prodigal Words are feeble to express the transition from darkness to educated light, but there she stood in primeval beauty, uttering her valedictory in language so fascinating that not one syllable was lost. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Taipi, on the other hand, remained standing and facing us with gracious valedictory 20 gestures; and when Captain Otis dipped the ensign, the whole party saluted with their hats. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) He said he was chosen to make the valedictory speech for his class, that he had passed his examination with honor, and would receive his commission as one of Her Majesty’s attorneys at law. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl So, when Uncle Jaw had finished his prelection, the deacon, after some meditation, came out with, "Railly, they say that your son is going to have the valedictory in college." The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Alice Bluestone was tender and valedictory; Mrs. Bluestone was courteous and careful; the Serjeant was solemn and civil. Lady Anna The young student's success was crowned by his being chosen to give the valedictory. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time On the afternoon before it was intended we should sail, a valedictory party came on board: nine of our particular friends equipped with gifts and dressed as for a festival. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) There are multitudinous other ways of being valedictory with effect. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects He said it in a valedictory way as though he had no wish to open a new subject, and considered this one closed. When Ghost Meets Ghost They could not, however, realise that the threat here implied would actually be fulfilled until the spirits, by rappings, spelled out several messages of a particularly affectionate and valedictory character. Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism Quebec and Montreal strove to outdo each other in the protestations of loyalty and regret marking their valedictory addresses. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Lastly, there was my valedictory poem when I left the school in 1841, and a Latin poem “Ad Nobbium,” our head master. My Autobiography A Fragment Having done so, he made as it were a valedictory bow, and tripped back to his own apartment. Marion Fay And with his fast ebbing breath he breathed his valedictory, fixing his stony eyes upon Pascherette as upon his deity. The Pirate Woman The valedictory address was delivered by Alden Lytton, who had, besides, taken the highest honors of the college. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend But he had breakfasted with his friends, just before sailing, and the valedictory potations had increased, instead of assuaging, his thirst. Thurston of Orchard Valley Indeed, they found afterward that Doctor Tellingham always spoke as though he were pronouncing a valedictory oration, or something quite as important as that. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery A valedictory is a public farewell to a company or assembly. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Kate Underwood’s was in most respects the best, and would take the place usually filled by the valedictory. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story He was graduated in 1828, on which occasion he delivered the valedictory oration. The History of Dartmouth College In a valedictory delivered by him to the class of 1866, at Musical Fund Hall of Philadelphia, he included in his theme the peculiar fitness of dentistry for women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III It seems to carry a vague air of the valedictory. The Prairie Child The President, Mrs. Cutler, then made the valedictory address, complimenting the audience for the attention they had shown and the interest they had manifested in the proceedings. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II So in his valedictory to tobacco, Mr. Lamb is not less extravagant and contradictory. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Three of them are clerks in the departments, one, who took the valedictory in college, being an artist in the Smithsonian. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 The greatest of all film vampires certainly had delivered the goods in this her valedictory. Sundry Accounts The last man who was going to be married got his valedictory dinner at the close of session. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 I was so frightened at having to deliver my valedictory that when I heard that sudden shout, ‘Madge!’ Madge Morton's Victory We confine ourselves now to a few valedictory visits in and about Rome. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Washington then arose, and with the most commanding dignity and self-control, proceeded to read, in a firm, clear voice, a brief valedictory. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Almost before the victim of his aim had twitched its valedictory twitch he was upon it. Sundry Accounts The nurses assembled on the end of the jetty waved their handkerchiefs with valedictory gestures; the wind caught their shrill farewells and tossed them contemptuously to where the gulls wheeled far overhead. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions “Now, see here, dear,” argued Phyllis, “suppose that Miss Matilda had chosen me to deliver the valedictory instead of you, wouldn’t you have been glad?” Madge Morton's Victory Warner did not answer the valedictory, and the man stooped down, and, picking up a handful of gravel, threw it at Warner. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Observe therefore, in the valedictory discourse of our Lord, the frequent recurrence of the words: "Because I go to the Father," one of the sayings which greatly perplexed his disciples. The Ministry of the Spirit No matter how much wine has been quaffed, the carousal is not deemed complete without a last “valedictory” drink taken standing at the bar. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Tam closed and locked the door of his room, produced a large pad of writing-paper, an ink-well, and fitted his pen with a new nib before he began his valedictory poem. Tam o' the Scoots It was her wish that Miss Morton should be chosen to deliver the valedictory. Madge Morton's Victory After Bishop Heber's consecration to the See of Calcutta, it fell to the Archbishop to make a valedictory speech, in the course of the luncheon at Lambeth which followed the ceremony. Robert Elsmere In this period of valedictory may we be permitted a concluding reflection, projected in clear outline on the background of those thrilling days now forever over. The Greater Love But there his common sense left him and he made a valedictory speech. The Opal Serpent Now, on his retirement to private life, he gave a valedictory address, January 4, 1866, which was a worthy sequel to his inaugural of five years before. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement “If you say another word about that old valedictory, I shall never forgive you!” she declared vehemently. Madge Morton's Victory In his valedictory he said:— In relinquishing my present position my thoughts are spontaneously led back to the period—ten years since—when I first commenced public life. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The latter was a sort of valedictory letter to Paris, saying that he was going out to conquer or to die, and that if defeated, he would never return to Paris alive. A Girl of the Commune The Archdeacon dined with us a short time before I left home and gave me a very fine valedictory address. Lalage's Lovers Later I was selected to deliver the valedictory. Fifty Years of Public Service A valedictory growl, and a resumption of the leopard, gave token of the wizard’s departure, and closed the evening’s entertainments. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver In his valedictory of that date, Dr. Ryerson said:— The present number of the Guardian closes the connection of the undersigned with the provincial press. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The primrose glow, the heralding circle, the ball of orange light, the valedictory circle, the primrose glow again, and a day has come and gone. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Indeed, her greater capacity for blissful and ecstatic joy would have rendered it even happier but for the valedictory character all its details held secretly for her. Elsie Marley, Honey One after another the southern leaders made their valedictories—some calm and dignified, some hot and vindictive—and left the seats they had filled for years. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The most lasting impression which the ceremony left on my mind is of my volunteer summer secretary, who stood almost on my toes as he delivered the valedictory address of his class. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Harry and I nearly died of suppressed laughter as he gravely informed us that he had expected the valedictory, and was served badly when it was given to another. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 And might not her letter, when it did come, be a valedictory? The Lure of the Mask In three journals published in August, 1842, the month and year of his graduation, we find exceptionally warm commendations of his valedictory oration. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes By this valedictory address, replete with political wisdom, he closed his career. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Francis Sayre, whom I had heard win the prize at Williams with his valedictory speech, was again to be my summer secretary. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell |
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