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Born. To Sir Laurence Olivier, 59, No. 1 flower of Britain's theater knighthood, and Joan Plowright, 36, his actress wife: their third child, second daughter; in Hove, Sussex...
...wonders whether De Gaulle has read Don Quixote. I think he has. Its influence on him has obviously been great-almost as great as that of all those books about knighthood on poor Don Quixote. The re-enactment of the Inn scene is first class: Don Quixote de Gaulle, encountering the Kremlin's "Bed and Breakfast plus Extras" sign, surely exclaims to his faithful servant, Sancho Couve de Murville, over the wondrous castle before them, and says that surely De Gaulle must receive tributes from the lord of the castle, and in turn pay homage to the beautiful lady...
...Like a Governess." Frank Morrissey got there by taking what in Boston was the surest route to the top of his chosen career. He made himself endlessly useful to the Kennedy clan. If he lacked the depth or background for knighthood in the Irish Mafia, Teetotaler Morrissey had the unquestioning loyalty, energy and discretion to become a prized sergeant at arms...
...Lordship, Mr. Justice Lane, is also entitled by ancient judicial tradition to a bachelor knighthood. For women, the corresponding title that goes with the honor is Dame, but if diehards have their way, the new justice may be deprived even of that feminine distinction and wind up as Sir Elizabeth Lane...
Shortly afterward, Greene got a knighthood from the Queen, but he was roundly criticized by others. The BBC was again losing ground in the ratings race to ITV (latest BBC surveys give rival ITV typically 55% of the British viewing audience of 48 million). So to help get things swinging again, the BBC went back into the satire business five months ago with an entry called Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life...