Word: kingships
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strawberry-blonde girlfriend. For him this spells success. However, the gypsy heritage which he uses to woo women comes back to haunt him. His grandfather, the only person who ever showed him any kindness, is dying. Dave is summoned and the old man, after bestowing his kingship on his grandson, dies peacefully. Grief and blood follows between the betrayed son Groffo and the rewarded grandson Dave, who renounces the old man's legacy to no avail...
Initially, Douglas Rain's Macbeth lacks something of the seasoned field soldier's habit of command. When he looks down at his bloodied hands, he resembles an apprehensive boy caught with spilled jam. However, he grows in authority as his kingship dwindles and seems most regal when his deeds are most evil. The cast does good ensemble work, and in the role of Macduff, Stephen Russell displays a riveting stillness of presence and a limpid delivery of the Shakespearean line that mark him for further distinction...
Like his mother, Prince Charles has been trained from the beginning to assume a kingship which more and more depends on personal example. Charles has already taken a firm grip at the United World Colleges [a group of private schools that specialize in bringing together students from many different countries...
Both Henry's character and his situation are fraught with parlous uncertainties. He has been a playboy prince who has boozed it up in the taverns with Falstaff. Does he possess the mettle for kingship? His men have divided hearts about the war in France. He must inspire them with "a little touch of Harry in the night." Before Agincourt he soliloquizes over the crushing burdens and terrible loneliness of royalty ("Upon the King! Let us our lives, our souls ... our children and our sins lay on the King! We must bear...
...many years, Juan Carlos spent his mornings at the palace in briefing sessions with high-ranking government experts, following a curriculum for kingship devised by Franco. Economics was the subject on Monday, church matters and foreign policy on Tuesday, labor and industry on Wednesday, cultural affairs on Thursday, and military and scientific topics on Friday. Lately, his mornings have often been devoted to presiding at official functions, his afternoons to sports. The Prince hunts partridge, golfs, swims and water-skis ("I prefer one ski to two"). He holds a black belt in karate, a distinction he shares with his brother...