Word: britannias
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...Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, did not fare nearly so well. Originally booked into Claridge's, the posh hostelry favored by Henry Kissinger, they had to revise their plans. Bent on frugality, Carter decreed that they join the rest of the U.S. party in the more modest Hotel Britannia. "He's tight as a tick," said presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell of his boss. "He always has been; he always will...
...David would quite like to be Prime Minister. And the Queen. And the Archbishop of Canterbury. But being only one would limit him a bit." Indeed. It might even be argued that if all three offices could be made into one, with David as all-purpose Augustus, Britannia would in short order rule the air waves and carve out a whole new empire based on entertainment, the late 20th century equivalent of territorial conquest...
...field of 16 Tempest-class sailboats, they looked their not-so-good ship Gift 'Orse in the hull, set the fiber-glass beast afire and sank it in Lake Ontario. The 22-ft. sailboat (worth $10,000 new) had been damaged during shipment to Montreal and had served Britannia poorly. Said disgusted Skipper Warren: "She was lame: kindness called for us to put her down." The task proved almost Olympian. Paint thinner sloshed on the decks to fuel the blaze evaporated before Crewman Hunt could kindle it. "His performance was wretched," said Warren. Canadian security forces, fearing a bombing...
Making her second state visit to the U.S., the Queen came ashore with her husband, Prince Philip, and an entourage of more than 50 from the 412-ft. royal yacht Britannia at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. In Independence Hall she presented Britain's Bicentennial gift to the U.S.: a six-ton bell cast in London's Whitechapel Foundry. which made the original Liberty Bell in 1752. Philadelphia's rough-hewn Mayor Frank Rizzo was nearly overcome by it all. "A little boy from South Philadelphia having lunch and dinner with the Queen," he gushed. "Only...
...naval service), Farrell ambles sexily, as though she had a chip on her hip or, just perhaps, an invisible set of bagpipes. If such a thing as an apotheosis of the sidle can be imagined, Farrell has done it. The evening ends wholesomely, however: the orchestra strikes up Rule Britannia, a huge Union Jack is lowered as a backdrop and the ensemble, now holding semaphores, spells out GOD SAVE THE QUEEN...