Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...schoolmates; another complained that his son's teacher displayed a picture of a Marubeni executive in the classroom, labeling it "dangerous villain." Some wives of Marubeni workers have taken to shopping at night to avoid the cold stares of neighbors. Perhaps most insulting of all, Tokyo's Crown Record Company is trying to profit from Marubeni's misfortune. Next month it will release a pop-rock single that parodies the Lockheed payoff. Title: Peanut Song...
...Prince Claus and Crown Princess Beatrix, they have been rather cozy with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Romanov since their visit to the Soviet Union in 1972. Romanov is a regular guest at Drakestein (the couple's chateau). German-born Claus, who once served in Hitler's army, has been labeled the "Red Feldwebel" (sergeant) by Conservatives and supporters of Prince Bernhard. At a recent diplomatic banquet in The Hague, Beatrix was overheard scolding a foreign diplomat for his snide remarks about the Soviets' disastrous grain harvest. "Why," she said, "should one always emphasize the Soviet Union...
...victory gave Harvard a shot at the Eastern crown and gave Yale a tie for the school record for the most losses in a season...
...expect the Crimson to walk away with the Eastern Seaboard crown this weekend even if the aquamen did tie for the EISL title. But then again, don't be too startled if there are a few surprises in the next couple days...
Severe in stiffened white net and a feathered crown, Prima Ballerina Tamara Karpova delicately wafts across the stage. Rising onto her toes, she pirouettes daintily. The audience starts to giggle. If her style is classic, Karpova's form decidedly is not. No long-limbed Balanchine girl she. At 5 ft. 6½ in., 160 lbs., Karpova's silhouette more closely resembles a sack of potatoes than a royal bird. The house shakes with laughter as her playmates, a brawny quartet of swans who differ vastly in shape and size, galumph through the imaginary forest. Disdainfully, the Black Rhinestone...