It is really the funeral day of scholastic science.

In some countries the trend has gone further than others: Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela are displaying open sympathy for Castroism, and there is no country -- save the Dominican Republic whose funeral services we recently arranged -- where Castroism and Anti-Americanism does not prevent the government from unqualifiedly espousing the American cause.

* 2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

* The Aluk religion in the Toraja society and the people of Tana Toraja, embrace religious rituals such as the funeral ceremony where a sacred cockfight, known as bulangan londong or saung, is an integral part of the ceremony and considered sacred because of the spilling of blood on the earth in spiritual appeasement.

Of the cenotaphs and funeral monuments the most splendid is the monument to the archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, consisting of nine figures.

The power of testamentary disposition is basically limited to one-third of the net estate ( i. e. the assets remaining after the payment of funeral expenses and debts ), providing for every member of the family by allotting fixed shares not only to wives and children, but also to fathers and mothers.

Gale Owen-Crocker ( Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Manchester ) in The Four Funerals in Beowulf ( 2000 ) argues that a passage in the poem, commonly known as “ The Lay of the Last Survivor ” ( lines 2247 – 66 ), is an additional funeral.

The first funeral in the poem is of Scyld Scefing ( translated in some versions as " Shield Shiefson ") the king of the Danes.

His importance is proven once more by the grand funeral given to him by his people: his funeral at sea with many weapons and treasures shows he was a great soldier and an even greater leader to his people.

The second funeral in the poem is that of Hildeburg ’ s kin and is the second fitt of this poem.

The funeral is sung about in Heorot as part of a lay during the feasting to mark Beowulf's victory over Grendel.

The second funeral differs from the first in that it is a cremation ceremony rather than a ship-burial.

The second funeral is distinguished by themes contrasting with those of the first, as well as by a change in the direction of the plot which leads to Beowulf's fight against Grendel's Mother.

The setting and plot also suggest that the lament is funeral: the Last Survivor describes burial offerings similar to those in the funerals of Scyld Scefing, Hildeburg ’ s kin, and Beowulf.

The final funeral of the poem is Beowulf's.

The greatness of Beowulf's life is demonstrated through this funeral, particularly through the many offerings of his people.

Beowulf's funeral is the fourth fitt of the poem and acts as an epilogue for the hero who is the " most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.

In other traditions, Iúna is a funeral toque.

There is speculation that a clash between Communist forces and a Japanese warship in 1978 was caused by Chinese anger after Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda attended Chiang's funeral.

The largest of three is the north-east cairn, which was partially reconstructed in the 19th century and the central cairn may have been used as a funeral pyre.

During the Second Coming storyline, Professor Xavier is seen on Utopia delivering a eulogy at Nightcrawler's funeral.

An epitaph ( from Greek epitaphion " a funeral oration " from ἐπί epi " at, over " and τάφος taphos " tomb ") is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively.

To fulfill Parsons ' funeral wishes, Kaufman and a friend stole his body from the airport and in a borrowed hearse drove it to Joshua Tree.

( In another version, Dionysius of Halicarnassus records that Publilius borrowed the money for his father ’ s funeral.

Marx, Weber, Durkheim and their successors buried this approach with a variety of different funeral rites and still it lives on, on borrowed time -- a commodity with which historians are especially generous.

His sudden death caused an almost unanimous shock in Turkey with millions of people mourning and tens of thousands of people attending his funeral.

SCI's network of funeral homes consists almost entirely of existing businesses that the company acquired.

" The funeral was attended by " almost every writer in Paris ", including Frédérick Lemaître, Gustave Courbet, Dumas père and Dumas fils.

His funeral was celebrated in the church of San Marco with almost royal pomp.

Why We're in Vietnam describes a reunion of two veterans, one being John Sullivan, at the funeral of a third and recounts an incident that almost escalated into a My Lai Massacre involving a former student and player in the Hearts game in Hearts In Atlantis, Ronnie Malenfant.

In Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling, Bobby Garfield returns to his hometown after almost 40 years to attend John Sullivan's funeral, and finds closure to his relationships with Carol Gerber and Ted Brautigan.

As William says, " For eight successive days, while the funeral procession moved from Beirut to Jerusalem, lamentation was unrestrained and grief was renewed almost hourly.

Many critics have objected to the subjective, Romantic nature of the title " Moonlight ", which has at times been called " a misleading approach to a movement with almost the character of a funeral march " and " absurd ".

In view of this belief, Ellen Quandahl and Susan C. Jarratt record that Anna was “ almost certainly ” involved in the murder plot against John at Alexius ’ s funeral.

The funeral of Chopin at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris was delayed almost two weeks, until October 30, 1849.

On 27 August 1912 Booth's funeral service was held at London ’ s Olympia where 40, 000 people attended, including Queen Mary, who sat almost unrecognised far to the rear of the great hall.

Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional ; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.

Ten days after the funeral, Mrs. White, almost mad with grief, asks her husband to wish Herbert back to life with the paw.

The funeral service is interrupted by Daredevil and the Hand, as a massive brawl breaks out, almost killing Ben.

Baer's funeral was one of the largest ever attended in Sacramento, where he had made his home for almost 30 years.

During funeral services and memorial services ( Panikhida ), the censer is swung almost continuously.

In the case of Boa Morte, whose members were relatively poor and almost all elderly — from 50 to 70 years old — the funds raised during members ' lifetimes were always meant to pay for a decent funeral, whose preparations, given the dual religious activities of its members, required both rigor and understanding, besides being a nest-egg for the burial.

His funeral procession caused traffic in various major streets in Hong Kong to come to a standstill, and almost every famous Hong Kong Cantopop singer attended and paid tribute at the funeral.

The second movement begins with a stately and solemn march, almost as for a funeral cortege, which builds to a grim and powerful conclusion.

McMahon used Moody's real-life involvement in the funeral industry to create the character of Paul Bearer ( a play on pallbearer ), a very histrionic, ghostly manager, who was almost always seen bearing an urn ( which led to several storylines involving wrestlers stealing his urn ), and whose catch phrase was " Ohhh yyyes !".

The funeral service is interrupted by Daredevil and the Hand, as a massive brawl breaks out, almost killing Urich.

In the funeral banner of Charles X Gustavus ( in 1660 ) it can be seen treading on the sabre with all three free paws ; in drawings by Elias Brenner ( in the Suecia antique et hodierna by Erik Dahlberg, printed in 1716 ), it is pictured with a double tail ( queue fourchée ) and with an almost walking posture.

Manning had long predicted that the frequently tardy Reggie would be late for her funeral, and he almost was.