Word: displays
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While it was the wedding of the century ["Magic in the Daylight," Aug. 3], it was more than a ceremony. It was a healthy display of the monarchy. As an American, I still find royalty's mystery captivating and its majesty enchanting...
They find solace in the presence of others their age who have not yet tried marijuana-or listen spellbound to a youngster who claims he has. They display as much interest in girls as anyone else their age, and so they ponder the mysteries of love. A few wise guys have smuggled in copies of the latest Playboy, and these are assiduously examined under blankets by flashlight...
What has happened to the Prime Minister? Where is that decisiveness and idealism he seemed to display one or two years ago? Why is he backpedaling on the undertakings he gave the people of South Africa?" While members of South Africa's ruling National Party shifted uncomfortably in their green leather seats, Colin Eglin of the opposition Progressive Federal Party last week sent his questions ringing across the chamber of Cape Town's Parliament. The angry counterattack from South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha: "I am not a weakling who tries to satisfy everybody. I have...
Meanwhile, London has been distracted by the cache of wedding gifts that went on display last week in St. James's Palace. On the first day of the two-month exhibit, some 4,000 visitors turned up to see close to 1,000 presents worth an estimated $8 million. This is barely a quarter of what has been received. The royal booty ranges from a slightly withered-looking, heart-shaped potato given by two little sisters from Cheshire to Saudi Crown Prince Fahd's nuptial offering: diamond and sapphire jewelry in a green malachite case, estimated to cost...
...social life was sharply impaired by increasing deafness. At 74, he brought his renewed collection of some 600 items to the U.S., where it got small attention. But the Smithsonian invited him to display them and, as a bonus, allowed him to live in a small tower room. Within a year, Catlin fell seriously ill and, at 76, died. Congress had still refused to buy his collection; not until six years after his death was Harrison's heir persuaded to donate it to the Smithsonian...