Word: equestrianism
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That baiter of British snobbery, George Bernard Shaw, once wrote, "An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable." Last week Prince Philip, that imperturbable aristocrat, was certainly uncomfortable. In the U.S. to inspect equestrian sites for the 1984 Olympics and to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about the International Wildlife Fund, he was invited to a soirée at the posh California Club. But the establishment, it transpired, prohibits women and has no black members. Philip's host, Mayor Thomas Bradley, refused to attend. Suddenly the club seemed rather too exclusive even...
Royalty should play royalty, even in a pageant as pedestrian as this. Writer-Director Steven Gethers sketches a triptych of scenes from the life of young Jacqueline ("Not Jackie," as she firmly cautions). At first she is a solemn young equestrian, a pawn in her parents' grim power struggle for her love. Later, she is a budding journalist and the apple of Senator Jack Kennedy's roving eye. The film climaxes with the White House years, when she plays Guinevere in a contentious Camelot, acting as Jack's shy, willful, loving wife and then as his elegant...
...Space Museum, took a trip to Williamsburg, Va., where he received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary, and attended a small dinner party at the White House. During an Oval Office chat with President Ronald Reagan, the conversation quickly turned to horses, reflecting the equestrian passions of both men. The President reassured the future King that despite his recent tumbles, he was in no danger of being put out to pasture. Said Reagan: "When you're riding steeplechase or playing polo, there are going to be times when you and the horse part company...
...were invested. In 1883 one of the few surviving committeemen, Edward Atkinson, noted that the pennies had grown to $16,656.21. He and three other Brahmins formed a new committee and commissioned the young Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create a memorial. Saint-Gaudens envisioned a giant equestrian statue. The Shaws objected. They wanted their son portrayed together with his men. Saint-Gaudens designed a relief of the regiment on the march, but the press of other commissions was so great that he took 14 years more to complete what Bostonians call "the Shaw...
include 26 equestrian groups and three dogsled teams...