Word: cecil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is a tale of Old Boy meets Old Girl, but does Old Boy lose Old Girl again? Cecil (Harrison) is an English novelist and knight who lives in autumnal bachelor ease at his country house with the aid of a loyal valet, Hawkins (George Rose), who is not above discreetly reproving his master or sampling his port. Into this Eve-less Eden strolls the recently widowed Evelyn (Colbert). It's not the first time. Fifty years before, the same majestic tree that spans the garden had seemed the arbor of true love to Evelyn and Cecil...
Paradise Lost was not just any new opera; it came as highly touted as a Cecil B. DeMille spectacular. The libretto was written by Playwright Christopher Fry (The Lady's Not for Burning). Chicago Lyric spent well over half a million dollars on the production, a near record. The musical forces were mighty: a Wagnerian orchestra of 96, a chorus of 100. The preparation was elaborate. Choral rehearsals began in April; the orchestra practiced an unprecedented 110 hours...
...Cecil A. Roberts, deputy crime chief, said that some of the remaining American survivors in Guyana could be released late this weekend. Eight elderly survivors have already been allowed to return to the United States because of their...
...brisk traffic in mementos is even beginning to spread to other countries, as white Rhodesians emigrate abroad at the rate of 1,000 a month. Currently one of the hottest items on the memorabilia market harks back to Cecil Rhodes' colonization in 1889 of the country that bears his name. This is the green-and-white Rhodesian flag, which bears the Rhodes family arms (lion passant between two thistles). A 6-ft. by 3-ft. Rhodesian flag that retails for $18 in Salisbury now costs...
Praise is all that Cecil Andrus has for Paul Tsongas at the Chart House Restaurant in Boston. There's Brooke's challenger--navy blue suits, white shirt and conservative tie. He rocks on his feet nervously. When he talks, he tries to joke at times, tries to convince people that he deserves to be Senator. He's tired of being a representative and is an ambitious young man. On the wall behind Tsongas is an old World War II poster. "Victory," it reads, "is a question of Stamina." You can see it in his eyes.CrimsonP.J. Balshi...