Word: crowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Here, Peter Finch, splendid in a cardinal's red robes, plays a humble servant of the Lord who is torn and tantalized when Christina pops up hi the Vatican. Having renounced the crown of Sweden, she announces: "I'm dedicating my maidenhead to God." After all sorts of religious examination and psychological probing, Finch must confront the bitter truth: he himself has taken a powerful interest in what she has offered to the Lord...
...needed six months to pass a law. That is absurd. Under such conditions it was nearly impossible for Parliament to produce the kind of legislation the Greek people needed. I tried hard before leaving Greece in 1963 to revise the constitution. I failed. I had a quarrel with the crown and the opposition, and because I failed to revise the constitution I left Greece. I knew that without revising the constitution, democracy here was impossible...
Needless to say, the game is also a big one for Harvard. The Cantabs sport a 2-0 Ivy record, but with Princeton and Yale barrelling along undefeated, the Crimson can't afford to lose. A loss today would mean an uphill struggle for the Ivy crown...
...time-honored Japanese tradition, autumn is the season for colorful athletic contests. Even Princess Nori, 5, the only daughter of Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, took part in the meet held at the kindergarten of the Peer's School where she is a second-year student. Her mother and brother, Prince Aya, 8, rooted warmly from the sidelines, and Nori ran as fast as her little royal legs would go. But princesses too sometimes lose a race, and Nori, who was too busy laughing to mind, finished third in her group of eight...
DARTMOUTH-BROWN -- Dartmouth hasn't got enough to win the Ivy crown again this year. But the Green may have enough to pull themselves out of this defensive war. A real tight one. Dartmouth 14, Brown...