Word: fleurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Politicizing sport, a dangerous business, is never more seductive than when one wanders in Montreal. In suburban Verdun, swarms of children trying to win a midget hockey tournament skate under a flag showing white fleur-de-lis on a field of blue. The flag symbolizes Quebec and French Canadian nationalism. In the Forum, one finds Les Canadiens de Montreal defending their National Hockey League championship in a setting that proclaims élan. Forum announcements on goals are bilingual. Always the French-"Montréal but par Yvan Cournoyer "-comes first. Watching Canadiens named Guy Lafleur and Jacques Lemaire outskate visiting...
...never forgave her for allowing herself to marry a man without love," she says, "and I never came to terms with her for that reason. So I took a slight license, and I warmed up the relationship between them." Despite previous Emmy Award-winning roles in other series-as Fleur Forsyte, Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair and Sarah Churchill in The First Churchills -Hampshire, 34, was still only the third candidate for Glencora. Pauline Collins, the saucy under-houseparlormaid Sarah of Upstairs, Downstairs, demanded more money than the producers wanted to pay, and Hayley Mills, the second choice, had just...
...page 62 he rapes her. On page 86 he ties her to a bedpost and assaults her again. On page 192 the hero rips the heroine's gown to the waist before raping her a third time. On page 277 he brands her thigh with a red-hot fleur...
...same surname" -for a mere $2. When there is no known coat of arms for a family, Halbert's will create one using heraldic symbols that suggest the family's country of origin. Italian-sounding names, for example, might be represented by a cross, French by a fleur de lis, and Irish by a harp. Boasts Halbert's president, Dennis Haslinger: "We use everything from lions rampant to eagles fessant." If the customer likes the design, he can order more expensive models, including a $350 deluxe version called "Cathedral Oak" that consists of a 22-in.-high...
Like Elizabeth R, The First Churchills, The Forsyte Saga, and other impressive British productions, Vanity Fair has been lavishly, even beautifully produced. Susan Hampshire, who earlier played Sarah Churchill and Fleur Forsyte, completes her collection of scheming bitches with Becky Sharp, the archetypical schemer. Hampshire manages to be both alluring and repelling, a hothouse feline with a tiger's claw. Always fascinating, she ought to be placed on the list of protected species...