Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fruit seen below a sheath of ice, the oars dipping into dark water, the fearful maiden rushing between high hedges and across battlefields. They surely believe in Swinton as the pearl and perfection of any gender; her poise and gravity, and the drama of her pale face under a crown of red hair, could mark her as this generation's russet Redgrave. Orlando proves anything is possible in movies if artists can make it plausible...
...stories involving the Japanese royal family, having contributed to our coverage in 1990 of the wedding of Prince Akishino and of Emperor Akihito's ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne. While all this background proved to be essential grounding in reporting our story on next week's marriage of Crown Prince Naruhito and former diplomat Masako Owada, it did not quite reach into the, er, heart of the matter. "The topic of most interest to everyone was why a Harvard- and Oxford-educated upper- middle-class woman decided to give up her career and marry into the imperial family," says Makihara...
...company could be left with barely more than 50% of the remaining stock in its entertainment division, cutting into the windfall it might otherwise realize should the new medium dramatically increase the value of its movies and TV shows. "The question is whether Time Warner is selling off its crown jewels in little pieces," says David Londoner, an analyst at Wertheim Schroder...
...Cavalier players jump up and down, safe with the knowledge that they will be in the finals for the second time ever. The last time Virginia played in a title game, it beat Maryland and brought Charlottesville its first NCAA crown...
...with the Crimson's tough 11-8 victory Saturday over the Big Green, Harvard is back where it belongs, fighting for another chance to do the national crown...