Word: elizabeth
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...days later, at 7 a.m., she appeared on an eleventh-floor balcony of the hotel with the children: Elizabeth, 15, Rachel, 14, Joshua, 10, Deborah, 9, Joseph, 8, David, 6, and Rebecca, 5. The three older children clambered up a pile of folded chairs and leaped over the railing. Then Rachel began throwing the younger children over the rail, one by one. "No, stop!" shouted onlookers on the ground. But there was no response from the balcony. Said bystander Pat Eyre: "One child grabbed on to the railing and fought a little bit, but she pulled him loose and threw...
...novelty of this trip is the new production of Iolanthe mounted last year to honor Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee; and it is a suitably shining achievement. Iolanthe was the first of the G. & S. series to have its premiere at the Savoy Theater (the tour press release errs in saying it was Patience, which was transferred to the Savoy after six months at another theater...
...frills" is still his motto. When Skytrain Boss Freddie Laker learned that he was on Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honors list, he let out the word: "I've been called Freddie all my life, and I'm not changing it to something highfalutin like Frederick simply because I've been knighted." But at the ceremony last week at Buckingham Palace, he wore a proper top hat and morning suit and told photographers: "If you think I'm going to do anything daft today, you're wrong." Sir Freddie is especially pleased with his insignia...
...Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger library on the History of Women in America is a research facility that collects, preserves, and makes available for research materials documenting the activities of women in the United States from 1820 to the present. The library was founded...
Humans come off less well: with the exception of Anthony Hopkins as an Olympic team trainer, all the performances are flat. It's particularly sad that Elizabeth Taylor was unavailable to resume the role of Velvet. Even at her latter-day worst, she's a far more compelling presence than Nanette Newman. Better still, she might have given Tatum more than a few pointers about how to grow up gracefully on the big screen...