Word: elizabeth
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...President's official entertainments set off an international incident. In 1803, when the new British ambassador, Anthony Merry, and his wife Elizabeth arrived for their first official dinner, Jefferson, no friend of the Crown, determined to insult them. He not only invited their French counterparts, though the two countries were at war, but also escorted Dolley Madison, rather than Mrs. Merry, to the dinner table. The ambassador's personal secretary claimed that the affront caused the War of 1812. Though that's a stretch, "the Merry Affair" certainly contributed to the continued bad blood between the young...
...peculiarly Mancunian. Although many of the 10 major acts premiering will later tour Paris, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, local organizers are keen to stress that Manchester is a natural heir to these more established cultural loci. "We are trying to draw on Manchester's inherent creativity," said Elizabeth Dawson, a public relations manager. "It's a city of firsts...
...know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me. I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.' ELIZABETH EDWARDS, wife of former Senator John Edwards, at a news conference before San Francisco's annual Gay Pride Parade, putting her at odds with her husband's official stance...
...little more than a decade ago, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterand officially opened a similar experiment: The Chunnel, the underwater tunnel to connect England and France. The conclusions, however, speak to the failure of the results to satisfy the hypotheses. Eurotunnel, the group which manages and operates the tunnel predicted high passenger and freight traffic. Instead, low volumes of both passenger and freight traffic is trapping the company in quicksand—which Spain and Morocco did not heed as a cautionary tale...
...Meanwhile, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is believed to be struggling for funds. His wife Elizabeth made a highly publicized attack on conservative commentator Ann Coulter this week, which the campaign instantly turned into a fundraising appeal. Having raised $14 million in the first quarter, Edwards has set a $9 million goal for the second-a sign, under the widely accepted rules of the expectations game, that his take will be at least that high. Edwards campaign officials say that total, while lagging Clinton and Obama, will keep the candidate on track to raising $40 million by the Iowa...