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Like Burden, Michael Ashkin does scale models, though his are solemn, not whimsical: stretches of miniature Western highway so realistic that photographs of them are indistinguishable from photos of real highways.
When 19 th -century composers wanted to be solemn, they invoked the Baroque: Thick counterpoint and a good old passacaglia--variations over a repeating bass--never failed to sound lofty.
"The most solemn responsibility given the president is the role of commander in chief," he declared Monday.
Once every two weeks there is a solemn Changing of the Guard parade, similar to the one at Buckingham Palace in London, performed to the accompaniment of the Police Band.
New Year’s Eve is a quieter, more solemn affair than in the West, when the Japanese flock to famous shrines to pray for good fortune for the coming year.