Word: queen
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...Queen Elizabeth II has given a Canadian businessman the go-ahead to drill for what could be one of Europe's largest onshore oil deposits -- right on the grounds of her cherished Windsor Castle. The would-be driller, Canuk Exploration Ltd. director Desmond Oswald, promised yesterday that the exploratory drilling will be a half-mile distant from the queen's ancestral home and won't mar her view of the family parkland. He didn't precisely address what would happen if the hoped-for 100 million barrels of oil starts gushing out. "I don't believe...
Interspersed with the interviews are clips of newsreels that provide the historical background for the current situation. One sees the period when Cyprus was a British colony, followed by an announcement from Queen Elizabeth II proclaiming Cyprus' independence. One sees the struggle between Enosis, the movement for union with Greece, and Taksin, the Turkish proposal for partition. Finally, there is the occupation by Turkish troops and the UN-regulated division of the island...
Fisher, who died in 1992, wrote all about food--from Queen Elizabeth's breakfasts, to cooking with war rations, to her own favorite indulgences. Like Child and Waters after her, she was not particularly gourmet while growing up but tell in love with food during a stay in France. So in her writings Fisher hoped to promote the sort of "education of the palate" that she had received abroad...
...Meiji-era samurai, is surrounded by junkies seeking out teriyaki (heroin) or shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine). Indeed, when Choco Bon- Bon, star of such Japanese porn classics as Tales of a Hard Banana, needs a fix, he goes shopping in Ueno and then goes home to the Hotel Queen DeGaulle to get high...
...video becomes less compelling, however, when addressing Leland's death from AIDS. While Leland indeed might have sung Ethel Merman's hits from "Gypsy" at his death bed, it is frustrating to see yet another media portrayal of a gay man as a show-tune singing, camp-obsessed queen. It is hard to feel any connection to Leland, since Braderman rarely shows the substance and humanity behind the stereotype. Only when she shows the viewer a photograph of her friend, could I feel any attachment...