Word: crowns
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Charley is one of those torpid hybrids, cutesie Broadway vulgarity grafted onto the bones of history. Charley (Joel Grey), later to become Charles VII, is presented as an adolescent playboy too hot for the flesh ("I'm something else/ Unlocking chastity belts") to pursue the crown. Actually, Grey with his wistful, tot-like air acts as if he would be happier in a sandbox than a boudoir...
This year marked the 22nd time in the NCAA's 28-year history that a western team has garnered the national crown. Harvard has reached the playoffs seven times but has never advanced beyond the semifinals...
Attempting to catch a glimpse of one of Widener's thousands of library books these days without the proper Harvard "credentials" is like tying to gain access to the Crown Jewels...
Assorted Maharajahs. Britain's Prince Charles was there with his granduncle, Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India. So were the Crown Prince of Japan, the Governor General of Australia, the Presidents of Sri Lanka and Pakistan and the vice president of India. The somewhat modest U.S. delegation was headed by Presidential Counsel Philip Buchen and Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. Most prominent among the women guests was Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, whose retinue of 40 included Mrs. Henry Ford II and Dr. and Mrs. Christiaan Barnard. They had been visiting the Marcoses in Manila...
Queenly Beehive. At 8:37 a.m., the propitious moment selected by court astrologers more than a year earlier, the royal priest placed the mammoth jewel-encrusted crown on the King's head and a diamond tiara atop Queen Aishwarya's beehive hairdo. Then came salutes from the King's loyal subjects, starting with three-year-old Prince Deependra decked out in a miniature military uniform. For the afternoon parade-music was provided by regimental bands, including one of Nepalese bagpipers-the royal couple rode on the King's tusker elephant, Prem Prasad, while the other...