Word: diana
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legal alcohol limit may have deflected some attention from the photographers, but lawyers for the seven continue to protest that their clients are being unfairly characterized as "paparazzi." They insist the snappers were on the scene after the crash, rather than being involved in a high-speed chase of Diana's car. One even claims his client actually checked the Princess's pulse while taking pictures of the wreckage. If this is true, it may save the photographer's skin as far as France's Good Samaritan Law is concerned. The court of public opinion may not be so forgiving...
LONDON: Though Buckingham Palace decided against according Princess Diana a royal state funeral, "everybody feels she's being treated right," reports TIME London correspondent Helen Gibson. Gibson says the Westminster Abbey burial, slated for Saturday, is virtually a royal funeral, with a long court procession...
...Normally, they'd have all the ambassadors and heads of state attend, but the emphasis is going to be on Diana's friends and her charities," Gibson says. "That's exactly what people wish for her. She was very much a regular person in the eyes of people here. That was one of her great charms ? that they thought of her as a friend...
...President Kennedy's assassination, the moon landing and the night war broke out in the Gulf were so widely and instantly disseminated that nearly all who witnessed them can tell you where they were and what they were doing at the time. Now, it seems the death of Princess Diana has been somberly added to this sublime list of events...
...millions upon millions tuned in and logged on to follow the shocking tragedy as it unfolded. Page views of CNN's web site, for instance, quadrupled on Saturday night, while the network?s cable channel got an unusually high 7.6 rating at the midnight hour ? the moment news of Diana's death began to seep through. To put that in context, events such as the World Trade Center bombing or the Los Angeles quake barely registered a 3 rating. "My sense is it's just about a big a thing as you can get," says TIME National Correspondent Richard Zoglin...