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...husband, never the master in my house"). lAt parties, when she wants to leave and he doesn't, Elizabeth sometimes checkmates Philip by sending an equerry with the curt message: "The Queen is leaving." But on other occasions, as when he insisted against her wishes on wearing a plain naval uniform- instead of the trappings of a royal duke at the recent opening of Parliament, Philip's will prevails. His relatively humble upbringingt has given Elizabeth a closer touch with her peopie than her own cloistered past could have permitted...
...Elizabeth as head of the church must be interested and informed. It may be a visiting Governor General from one of the Commonwealth nations, come for luncheon with his lady. Gourmet or no, the guest must face the fact that Elizabeth the Queen likes short meals and plain, wholesome British fare. After lunch (maximum: an hour and a quarter) come the public appearances-a ship to be launched, a hospital to be visited, an exhibition to be opened, a cornerstone to be laid-always accompanied with a gracious, impromptu and neat little speech...
...Animal Years” (V2) 3.5 Stars For better or for worse, Josh Ritter’s “The Animal Years” could just as easily have been released in the 1970s, if not earlier. He’s an adept, though plain, troubadour, who here treads the well-worn path of mostly-acoustic folk, fusing the singer/songwriter vibe with bluegrass and country-western. In this release, Ritter has built solidly from the down home sound of his earlier albums, and he has effectively expanded his lyrical and musical creativity without losing his distinctively homespun sound...
Tokyo developer Minoru Mori doesn't shy away from big projects. Coming swiftly in the wake of his successful Roppongi Hills development is the massive Omotesando Hills (www.omotesandohills.com) retail and residential complex, designed by Tadao Ando, the Japanese architect famous for his grand public buildings. Despite the plain concrete exteriors that are a staple of his work, Ando has managed to pay homage to the old apartment buildings the development has controversially replaced, with one section not only resembling the original facades, but also including a gallery of photographs of what was there before. Inside the complex, a wide spiraling...
Complicated social benefit calculations, a desire to improve financial aid, or just plain old gratitude to this institution—the beauty of the Senior Gift campaign is the range of creative and genuine justifications that guide the individual decisions of seniors to give or not to give. Rolled out every year in early April, the Senior Gift campaign asks every senior to donate a nominal amount of money back to Harvard. Around the same time, dining halls and common rooms across campus fill with heated and sometimes bitter exchanges over the merits of giving.After three years of reading...