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...Archbishop laid in her hands the Sovereign's Sword-to "do justice, stop the growth of iniquity, protect the holy Church of God . . . restore the things that are gone to decay, maintain the things that are restored, punish and reform what is amiss, and confirm what is in good order." The Queen took the Sword, advanced with it to the altar and offered it to God. Turning, she stole a glance at the royal gallery, where her 4-year-old son Prince Charles, in a white silk suit, watched enraptured. She paused and returned to the chair...
...deputies thought there was something odd about Herriot's speech. Why had he avoided tributes to Ducreux's wartime services and his promising political career? And, at the funeral, there was no honor guard, no wreath from the Assembly. Something was amiss, something which well-intentioned old Herriot had been at pains to conceal. After ten days of buzz-buzz in the corridors of the Assembly, Paris-Presse broke the story. Deputy Ducreux had not been Deputy Ducreux: his real name was Jacques Tacnet. Why had he changed his name...
...commented on her progress. There had been a few lifted eyebrows, penciled higher by London's Sunday tabloids-as on the occasion, a year ago, when Elizabeth left her children in London for three months to visit Philip, on naval duty in Malta. But most people saw nothing amiss in the fact that this shy and serious young woman, born to serve and schooled in duty, should have some fun as a service wife at her husband's side. Certainly she returned from the Mediterranean looking tanned and healthier. It was Philip who persuaded her to slim down...
...Washington Post decided that Ghost Artists deserved an editorial. Having recently written a tongue-in-cheek piece "in defense of the ancient and much maligned trade of ghostwriting," the Post concluded that, "after some reflection, we can't see anything morally amiss about this proposal...
What Columnist Crosby did not report is the way WOR's two unabashed staff composers, Elliot Jacoby and Richard duPage, turn out their bridge music and titles. Explains Composer Jacoby: "Ye Old English Countryside but Something Is Amiss breaks down into an opening of nostalgic muted strings; then the French horn dirties it up at the end." "Hate," says he, "is almost always bitter brass and off-key woodwinds." Love is usually-a muted string solo, but, "if very throbbing," the sweetly sighing string section is divided, "like Kostelanetz...