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...that now she's going to be at sea and guarding our shores just as in the days of yore ... Captain, splice the main brace" ? a reference to the old naval custom of an extra tot of rum, a round for a job well done. On the day before Easter, her job well done, the Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep at Royal Lodge, her residence at Windsor, with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, at her bedside...
...tosses her Easter Bonnet in the ring, could Tipper Gore make it? On the upside, she'd attract national attention and would be swimming in money and name recognition. But so would her likely opponent, former Gov. Lamar Alexander. The conventional wisdom is that Tennessee has drifted to the right and is inhospitable for Democrats, but the state remains closely divided and her charm is considerable. If she wins, there's nothing to preclude Al from running for President in '04. Ted Kennedy served in the Senate while brother John was in the White House. Meanwhile, even if she doesn...
...Gene looked like a much fitter Teddy.) Playing volleyball in the backyard, he became so vexed at his inability to score that in anger he stomped his foot, broke an ankle ? and convinced friend Fred to come out of his first retirement and take over the Kelly role in "Easter Parade...
...other most explicitly; each invented ever-more outlandish and amazing virtuoso bits with props and especially film tricks. Gene dances with his shadow self ("Cover Girl") or with Jerry the cartoon mouse ("Anchors Aweigh"). Fred dances slo-mo in the foreground while the background dancers move in regular time ("Easter Parade") or up a wall and across the ceilings ("Royal Wedding"). And though the "Got-ta Dance" ballet in "Singin? in the Rain" is terrif, it?s not the number that lodged itself in film history like a diamond in a locket...
...when producer Jerry Wexler sent him an early copy. And why not? T he bass lead will rattle china three houses away, and McPhatter's natural falsetto manages to evoke both Billie Holiday and a child crazed by caffeine on Christmas morning. (The D's also did a nifty "Easter Parade...