Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also lies at the heart of Arab protests. Grand Sheik Abdel Halim Mahmoud of Al Azhar University in Cairo, has said: "The Koran is revelation, and the life of the Prophet is a divine commentary on that revelation. The idea of them being portrayed by others is particularly offensive." American viewers may find the theological objections of the faithful difficult to fathom. But they will have to accord them high marks as movie critics...
...Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 57. Leaving husband and three children in Ottawa, Margaret, 28, had checked in at the Stones' hotel and stayed up with the group into the early-morning hours. That was enough to set tongues and typewriters clacking. Margaret apparently had a grand time, though, and only Stones Guitarist Keith Richard seemed to feel a little the worse for wear. But then, Richard had reason. Only a week before, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police found 22 grams of heroin in his hotel room and charged Richard with possession for the purpose of trafficking. Under Canadian...
Nobody challenged Bailey's victory in the Democratic primary last September, but there were charges of voting fraud in other areas, so Rhode Island Attorney General Julius Michaelson convened a grand jury to investigate. While the jury was sniffing around, an anonymous tipster called the state police and told them that Bailey had an arrest record. State Police Captain Edward Pare found that Bailey had pleaded guilty in 1962 to shoplifting suits from a store in Cheltenham, Pa. He had paid a $100 fine and spent 60 days in jail. Pare also found that Bailey had been arrested...
...Bell. Compression and speed obscured some of the complexity of the choreography. Baryshnikov, as always, appeared to be dancing steps as they occurred to him. Occasionally Feld overreached. When the orchestra struck up a flourish reminiscent of the old Pathé newsreel finale, Baryshnikov lofted Sarry high in a grand one-handed Kirov lift. Majestically, he floated her on a cushion of air, then plunged her straight to the floor in a resounding split. It looked more painful than spectacular...
...Choo-Choo was not known particularly for his wit (not to mention his ball-playing), but that's the kind of thing that happens when the grand old game of baseball emerges from its winter hibernation and the delightful ritual of spring training begins...