Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From such a splendid beginning, the British royal collection came to fill six castles and grow into the most valuable private collection in the world. From its 50 Canalettos to its 200 Da Vinci draw ings, the crown's choice is still an unnationalized treasure. The bulk, of which some 172 works are now on public view in Buckingham Palace's Queen's Gallery, bespeaks, above all, the influence of the Italian Renaissance...
...many centuries, royal patronage was an index to British culture. Eliza beth I learned that "the Italians had the name to be the cunningest," but what Italian paintings the crown acquired were largely sold off by Cromwell though the Restoration Stuarts searched to recover them...
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ABC, 2 p.m. to conclusion). The final contest for the 1964 A.F.L. crown...
...Harvard hasn't thrown in the towel yet. Last year at this time the powerful Crimson travelled to Providence expecting an easy win to mark the beginning of the road to the Ivy crown. Instead, Brown overcame a 2-0 deficit late in the third quarter, and pulled out a 3-2 overtime...
Harvard's squash team opened its campaign for the Ivy crown by soundly defeating Cornell, 9-0 yesterday...