namings

Most rituals or 'namings' he will fall in with at present, are like to be 'namings' -- which shall be nameless!

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838

'namings' he will fall in with at present, are like to be

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838

I imagine it also lessons controversy over street re-namings.

Glenn Avenue lives on (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

But Republicans rushed this bill to the floor without the promised notice, and, after hours of debate, the presiding officer announced just before the scheduled vote that the House would instead take up: post-office namings.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- In The Darkest Depths of Mordor Chris Weigant 2011

And as he murmured these love endearments of namings, it seemed to him that in them were the ripplings of running waters, the tinklings of silver wind-bells, and the scents of the oleander and the jasmine.

THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

But Republicans rushed this bill to the floor without the promised notice, and, after hours of debate, the presiding officer announced just before the scheduled vote that the House would instead take up: post-office namings.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- In The Darkest Depths of Mordor Chris Weigant 2011

The namings seem to have come about without the shameless process in which our obsolescent City Council so recently participated.

Malcolm on the mall (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Post office namings will be handled on a less frequent basis.

Congress is voting less this year, but is it actually working less? Ben Pershing 2011

I too wonder why all new street namings (with the notable exception of Naito Parkway) have to use the entire first, middle and last name of the honoree.

Can we just call it "Chávez Boulevard"? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Legislators seeking post office namings would do well to have their resolutions taken up during the lame duck session; the House today takes up H.Res. 1644, "expressing support for designation of a 'National Veterans History Project Week.'"

Mulligans: Obama courts gentler opponents Dana Milbank 2010