Word: ducal
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WHETHER that happens or not, Mike proceeds on his imperturbable course. As impeccably groomed as ever, he moves about his restaurant with all the ducal dignity his 5 ft. 5 in. frame will allow. His accent, a resonant blend of broad a's, clipped consonants and superbly rounded r's, is the same accent he used for credit in Manhattan speakeasies 20 years ago. He cannot be libeled by caricature. The close-cropped, greying hair, the imperiously immobile face, the thin mustache and the prominent nose that terminates in a kind of bulb are even more...
...Whose ducal family, the Howards, one of the oldest in England, were Roman Catholics, as they are still...
...Elizabeth to decide whether and when to elevate him to the rank of Prince Consort. Many expect that she will, at the time of her coronation. But even as a mere ducal husband, 30-year-old Philip is bound to play an influential part in the Queen's affairs. In Canada, exercising his easy charm at his wife's side, and managing to maintain a discreetly subordinate position, handsome Philip proved himself a graceful diplomat, an affable salesman of royalty...
...Ducal City. To General Manager Bing himself, the offstage chime of the cash register sounded almost as sweet as the applause. For the first time in Met history, he had sold opening-night tickets separately, rather than as part of a subscription or series package. The sellout audience, paying up to $25 a seat, plunked a handsome $53,112 in the till. Bing did not rest on his first-night work. Two nights later, he hit the critics and another sellout audience with a second new production...
...Metropolitan's Rigoletto had gone even longer (35 years) without new clothes than Aïida. Bing called in Painter-Designer Eugene Berman, and Berman's bright new costumes and sets were a perfect fit: they satisfied convention without slurring modernity. His solid 15th Century Italian ducal city glowed with faded pink marble and magnificent early Renaissance rooms; his costumes, like Aïda's, splashed with color...