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...fresh young blossom on roots that had weathered many a season of wintry doubt. The British ... saw in their new young Queen a reminder of a great past when they had carved out empires under Elizabeth I and Victoria, and dared to hope that she might be an omen of a great future ... 'It may well be,' wrote a thoughtful London editorialist, 'that we here in Britain, by accident rather than design, have stumbled back to the original, the true and abiding function of monarchy, which lay in the magical power of kings ... to represent, express and effect the aspirations...
...Crimson’s attack was again foiled, this time by the hustle and alertness of a Brown player from the forward line; her tenacity led to an impressive save of Harvard’s best offensive opportunity on goal. The heart-stopping play seemed to be an omen of the team’s unfortunate luck. Not even two minutes after the whistle rang in the second half, the Bears lit up the scoreboard with what would be the deciding goal. Knoche blocked a set of Brown shots but could not stop the final rebound before it found...
...hiver). I have set aside a few afternoons when I didn’t have class to walk until I got lost enough to have to pull out my Paris map. It is getting a lot harder for me to get lost, which I consider a good omen. Not all those who wander are lost, and not all my wandering here has been done for the sake of getting lost. I’ve walked along the Seine at night with a few friends and a few bottles of wine. During La Fête de la Musique, which...
...online rock station, is hosting a Monday "sin-tennial" party in Los Angeles called "Satan's Rockin' 666 Eve party." The band Slayer planned to launch its "Unholy Alliance Tour" on Tuesday (until a band member got sick), and 20 Century Fox is releasing its remake of The Omen, the 1976 horror film about a boy who bears Satan's 666 mark...
...sentiment to be echoed by Bush Administration officials in Washington, where political progress is regarded as essential to allow a drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq. Reading from the same script, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, America's staunchest ally in Iraq, said Saturday's ceremony "provides a good omen to our people that the government will achieve for them security, stability, peace and prosperity...