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...trees to feed the worms. Alas, the earl planted the wrong trees, and the worms did not spin. Eighty years later, it was leased again by the Duke of Buckingham, who built a house there. Then George III bought the house, which was enormously enlarged by his son George IV: it was his special folly. His son William IV pronounced it "hideous" and suggested turning it into a barracks. His daughter Victoria thought it was too small, but put up with it all the same...
...pounds to 12 pounds a year -- used to sleep, and perhaps still do. What you get for your 8 pounds is a walk through the main formal rooms: the Throne Room, the Picture Gallery, the Green, Blue and White drawing rooms, the best of which were designed by George IV's architect John Nash, and the worst by his pupil, Edward Blore. "Blore the bore," as he came to be known, took over the decoration of Buckingham Palace after Nash was dismissed by George IV's successor, William IV, for his "inexcusable irregularity and great negligence." Blore was a beacon...
...flow -- there is no dining table in the State Dining Room, for instance, which seems a pity. Things that go along the walls, like sofas and a few exquisite desks and console tables by two 18th century French ebenistes, Riesener and Weisweiler, remain; in furniture, the tastes of George IV and William IV ran more to Paris than to London. There are also some 1960s vintage electric heaters sitting in the fireplaces, just as they do in every bed-sitter in the realm, a homely touch that suggests both the impossibility of heating Buck House and EIIR's bond with...
...stage of development took just 18 months -- shows how much was lost in the past two decades, a period in which the U.S. space program was all but stalled. The current fleet of American launch vehicles -- including the shuttle that balked on launch in mid-August and the Titan IV launcher that exploded in midair 11 days before that -- were built from blueprints drawn in the 1960s and '70s, a lifetime ago in terms of research into materials, semiconductors and computer design...
...Lacrosse satellite with a special radar system to provide detailed pictures of the ground even through clouds and at night. One of the two Lacrosses currently in orbit has been up for more than four years and needs to be replaced. "Any lengthy delay in getting the Titan IV operational could be critical to the U.S. surveillance capability," said Richelson...