Word: princess
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...Princess Diana vs. G.I. Joe, and Joe, in the form of the Pentagon, won. President Bill Clinton decided last week that he couldn't buck the united opposition of his Joint Chiefs of Staff and would not sign a treaty banning antipersonnel land mines, which kill or maim 25,000 civilians each year. Clinton and his wife Hillary had been touched by the Princess of Wales' poignant visits to young victims of such mines in Bosnia and Angola a few weeks ago. After her death, the treaty being written in Oslo took on the luster of a humanitarian memorial...
...days after Princess Diana's death, Joseph Lelyveld, executive editor of the New York Times, sat in his office comparing two front pages from the Sunday paper. One had a typically Times-worthy story at the top of the right-hand column--about a new study documenting the number of illegal Mexican workers in the U.S. In the later edition, Diana's death had supplanted it as the lead story. The paper was fast on its feet with the late-breaking news: trucks heading out to the Hamptons, weekend hangout of the media elite, were even turned back...
Deep sobs of remorse from the media over their role in creating the sensation-dependent society that allegedly drove Princess Diana to her high-speed death had barely subsided this week when the Marv Albert case came along...
...death of the Princess of Wales is bringing out the best in many people, but not everybody. Last week an ad appeared in the Wall Street Journal offering for sale a dress that had been bought at the Christie's auction of Diana's clothes. The purchaser paid $25,300 but has reportedly turned down $150,000. In Macau a Volvo dealership used a photograph of Diana in an ad touting the safety of its cars (Volvo canceled its contract). Finally, in Boston, three masked men tried to steal two dresses of Diana's that were in the window...
Evidence mounts that a second car was involved in the crash that killed Princess Diana (People Daily...