Word: queen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson couldn't really ask for a better weekend before facing No. 1-ranked Queen's College at home next Saturday in the Northern regional tournament...
Figure skater KATARINA WITT, 32, is not known for being demure. Her interpretation of Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics turned the term ice queen upside down. But for years the East German skater has resisted Playboy's attempts to melt her remaining inhibitions. Until now. In its December issue, the magazine will feature a 10-page pictorial on Witt, stripped of skates, sequins and, yes, even her gold medals...
...energy for the 14-minute long Battle, in reality it only went on for about five. However, what it lacked in length was recovered in intensity. As the audience frantically cheered (the apes eventually won), a wildly improvised free-for-all of furious playing ensued, which included snippets of Queen's "We Are The Champions" and, to much amusement, "Ironman" by Black Sabbath. Eh? They Might Be Giants go death metal? Kick...
...woman in this category learns not only how bills become law but also what a cad a politician (with a family back in the district) can be in the big, bad city. Usually the epiphany occurs when she has passed the sell-by date and a new beauty queen begins answering constituent mail. She may be bitter, but she knows to keep quiet. For every Gennifer Flowers who publishes a book and gets a spot on Larry King, there are hundreds of underemployed women working the back office during the day and feeding the cat and watering the rhododendron...
DIED. ROGER VIVIER, 90, innovative shoe designer for the unsurpassingly well heeled; in Toulouse, France. Vivier, creator of the stiletto heel, won devotees including Marlene Dietrich and Queen Elizabeth II, for whom he designed gold coronation sandals...