Word: dame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...statesmanship in high style? The whole country is invited; the world can look on. The monarchy is seen, resplendent, as what the British have long insisted that it has become: an extended, and exalted, surrogate family. "The royal scene is simply a presentation of ourselves behaving well," said Dame Rebecca West. "If anybody is being honored, it is the human race." The Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, touched on the same theme in his wedding address, when he said that "all couples on their wedding day are 'royal couples' " (see box, page...
Father's Day centers on two strong Irishmen: P.B. Kinsella, a self-made Chicago construction magnate, and his son Tom, a priest who has become president of Notre Dame. Some brilliant flashbacks explore the genesis of P.B.'s touchdown philosophy, his initiation into Chicago politics, his brush with racketeering. Others chart Tom's rise to power at the university and follow him through an ardent friendship with an actress named Maria Moore...
...crescendo occurs on a dizzying weekend when both Notre Dame and the family empire seem ready to come apart. The campus is erupting in a freakish religious spectacle. A Vatican visitor offers Father Kinsella the Archdiocese of Chicago-just as Maria asks for clarification of her role in Kinsella's life. Meanwhile, a federal prosecutor tries to build political capital out of an investigation of P.B.'s firm. Kennedy ties just the right knots in these tangled threads, while rounding out most of his cast with a sure hand. P.B., his best creation, is solid brick...
...approval of the plan (20 to 0 in the Senate Finance Committee, 29 to 3 in House Ways and Means) was the result of one of the year's most determined lobbying drives. One leader of the blitz was Industry Lobbyist Coley O'Brien, who quarterbacked Notre Dame's 1966 national championship tie game against Michigan State. This time his team included the savings league's 500-member legislative conference of bank executives and its 160-strong Political Action Group...
...104th year of "The Championships upon the lawns of The All England Club," the unthinkable finally happened: Wimbledon came under attack. Players criticized the conduct of the tournament, fans erupted into a near riot, and a government committee challenged the privileges of the All England Club. The grande dame of tennis was, in short, told that she had become a bit tatty and changes would have to be made...