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Neither as King Edward, nor later last week as Prince Edward, did the eldest son of the Royal House enter London. This idol of the British masses vanished, and after a little space other idols (for such King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and crown princess Elizabeth will soon be) were substituted. The basic English truth which emerged is that the Kingdom long ago became and is today neither a democracy nor a monarchy but an efficient oligarchy. Its symbol is the Crown, but the really effective British crowns are the top hats worn by Stanley Baldwin and a few hundred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1929-1939 Despair | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Jeff A. Johnson '01 and Scott M. Carmack '01 have been watching "90210" religiously for years. Johnson and friends, who always watch the show in their Grays bachelor pad, believe that "90210" is indeed realistic, taking their cues from teen-idol Jason Priestly (Brandon Walsh). The guys deny that they watch the show due to the visual appeal of actresses like Jennie Garth or Tiffani Amber Thiessen, but their reasons for watching do involve women. Johnson admits, "My girlfriend, Nicole, got me hooked on '90210'...The show is a great topic for conversations with girls." Another source conceded that...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: The Nighttime Drama Debate | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...Sonia didn't make it, and she's my idol. Andwe didn't sell out," Goff said. "But we treatedthe subject of black art with integrity, and wemade a joyful noise. So, in that sense, we didexactly what I had hoped for."CrimsonGeoffrey A. FowlerRHYTHM IN MOTION: Ballet segments, aswell as step dancing and rapping embodied "TheCelebration of the Black Artistic Experience,"part of the weekend festival...

Author: By Ashley F. Waters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Festival Honors Black Legacy, Talent | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...principally to New York, where the art market continued to function even as fighting raged in Europe. One painting cited by the U.S. Treasury, Van Gogh's The Man Is at Sea, was apparently slipped out of France by a New York dealer who then sold it to Hollywood idol Errol Flynn for $48,000. "The paintings came to America because for more than 10 years during and after the war there was no place else to sell them," notes Willi Korte, a consultant on Holocaust losses to the Senate Banking Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: SAVING THE SPOILS OF WAR | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...eyes nor ears" for the helpless village women who "had cried to [him] from time immemorial" for relief from abusive husbands and yearly pregnancies. Han's own prayers that Wu will return her love are only answered when she constructs her own altar to an abandoned female idol she finds in the woods...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gods, Slaves and Sex: Controversy Surrounding 'Bondmaid' Not a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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