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DIED. Charlotte Aldegonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine, 89, beloved Grand Duchess and constitutional ruler of Luxembourg from 1919 until 1964, when she abdicated in favor of her son Grand Duke Jean, the present head of state; at Fischbach Castle near Luxembourg City. Chosen in a special post-World War I plebiscite to replace her German-leaning older sister, she tended to her largely ceremonial duties with intelligence, charm and a lack of pomp. During World War II, her radio broadcasts from exile in Great Britain did much to build morale. Afterward, she helped guide her tiny principality...
...untrained amateur, there are glints of genius in him. The play deftly balances his private quest against vast social change, and culminates in an agonizing exile from a homeland that has already ceased to exist. Alan Howard plays the inventor, Gemma Jones (PBS's Duchess of Duke Street) his wife, and Jenny Agutter their servant. If plans work for bringing the show to Broadway, they ought to be imported as well...
...magazine recently selected their list of the ten schools with the most obnoxious college sports fans in America to coincide with the finals of the NCAA Tournament. On the list? Duke, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio State, WashingtonState, Minnesota, Florida State, Vanderbilt, Colorado, and—you guessed it?...
...aforementioned names except Duke, Florida State, Vanderbilt, and Harvard made the list for reports of lighting things on fire, excessive property damage, and senseless rioting...
...DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, cabaret performer whose combination of swank elegance and boyish exuberance became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. His Great American Songbook repertoire included stylish, raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller. After first playing professionally at the age of 11 as the "Miniature King of Swing," he became a fixture for 36 years at New York's Carlyle Hotel Cafe, where he would have opened its 50th anniversary season...