Word: buckingham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Olivier for advice on the role of Chebutykin in Three Sisters. He took notes on playing Hamlet from John Gielgud. He determined to play the Dane at a performance attended by the Queen and Prince Philip. Later, preparing his RSC Henry, he won an audience with Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace to discuss the isolation felt by a national leader. Wooed and won by the young actor, Charles became a patron of the Renaissance...
Some of Ivana's ideas of decoration were a little odd, like sending to London for fur hats to bring a touch of Buckingham Palace to the doormen at Trump Tower. But she worked hard, and the Donald, as she sometimes calls him, kept giving her new responsibilities. When she ran his Atlantic City casinos, she was the boss of 4,000 people. "I run my operations like a family business," she says. "I sign every check, every receipt. I'm not tough, but I'm strong. You can't be a pussycat." This was, in a way, a necessity...
This is not the first instance of Washburn's mistreating minors. The charges on which Washburn was convicted involve students who did not attend Buckingham, Browne and Nichols. Before the case came to trial, Washburn resigned his BB&N post after admiting he had encouraged boys in his classes to masturbate and look at pornographic magazines. Perhaps those who wrote in Washburn's behalf don't think there is anything wrong with a teacher behaving in such a way. And why should they? Masturbation is just an exercise in growing up, and it is unfortunate only that every 13 year...
...Virginia Buckingham, issues director for the Fair Wage Commission, said the current law forces Massachusetts to pay construction workers up to $25 per hour while private companies have more freedom to choose pay rates. She said the state is wasting money by doing...
...Lady Di Dry Cleaners proclaimed the establishment to be "cleaners to the royal family." But the business is not near Buckingham Palace or, for that matter, in Britain. Opened last May by Diane Storoni and Gennaro Marinelli, Lady Di Dry Cleaners is a small chain of four shops in the San Diego area...