Word: englands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME (NBC, 7:30-9 p.m.).* "Soldier in Love," an original drama set in 18th century England that recounts the story of Sir Winston Churchill's ancestors John and Sarah Churchill, who married to the dismay of their respective families but to the delight of Queen Anne. Starring Jean Simmons, Claire Bloom, Keith Michell, Basil Rathbone and Roy Poole...
EXPERIMENT IN TELEVISION (NBC, 4-5 p.m.). Author George Plimpton (The Paper Lion) hosts "Movies in the Now Generation," eight short films made by students in England, Poland, Belgium...
Liking for Rule. The monarchy in Greece was established in 1833 soon after the Turks were driven out and Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire after four centuries in its bondage. The three protecting powers?England, France and Russia?decided that the Greeks should have a non-Greek king on the throne. Oddly, the Greeks readily agreed, giving rise to the later saying: "No Greek will ever tolerate another Greek for his sovereign." The first was a Bavarian, who was dethroned after a revolution...
...ENGLAND, accustomed to the annual American demand to see Windsor Castle and the Shakespeare country, will spice up the trip with a bit of 18th century sophistication. For $150, travelers can take a three-day tour in a 17-seater coach-and-four; the package includes meals and rooms at medieval inns along the way. Scotland beckons with the Edinburgh Festival. Newly popular: such far-north Highland hideouts as Aviemor, 30 miles from Inverness...
...Roman Catholic priest in rebellion against the church's stand on birth control and celibacy; and Elizabeth John, 28, Malaysia-born Chicago secretary whom he met in 1960 while studying at Divine Word Seminary in Illinois, has corresponded with ever since; in a civil ceremony in Sutton Coldfield, England, as a result of which both are excommunicated...