Word: queen
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...Queen Visits South Africa...
...first visit to South Africa in 48 years, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the Order of Merit on President Nelson Mandela--thus offering the former pariah nation a further sign of its readmission to the world community. South Africa's white right wing said it would ignore the visit of "Mrs. Elizabeth Windsor...
...collar guys for over-40 female stars was demonstrated yet again last week when GLENN CLOSE, 48, announced her engagement to STEVE BEERS, 39, the chief stage carpenter for Close's current Broadway vehicle, Sunset Boulevard. The two met when the show, in which an over-the-hill film queen ensnares a young screenwriter, was playing in Los Angeles. A date for the wedding (her third, his second) has not been...
...visitors who have been flooding Savannah, Georgia, for the past year are not like ordinary tourists. They drive out to Bonaventure Cemetery and sometimes bring home clumps of dirt. They drop by Club One to see a lip-synching, black drag queen named Lady Chablis. They head to Hannah's East to hear Emma Kelly, dubbed the "lady of 6,000 songs." They ask residents how they can track down the voodoo priestess Minerva and want directions to Mercer House, the elegant home on Monterey Square where a fatal shooting occurred. And almost invariably, they walk around with copies...
...been ousted from Parliament. TIME South Africa correspondent Peter Hawthorne says the President had decided to fire his wife a number of days ago but did not take action until after Winnie chastised his government for spending thousands of rand on new tablecloths for ceremonies during Queen Elizabeth II's visit to South Africa last week. "I think that was probably the last straw," says Hawthorne...