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Word: queene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would relinquish Roddy, in the face of public criticism. Chances were that the answer would be no. The princess, after all, had family precedent on her side. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII was Prince of Wales, he had numerous well-publicized liaisons while he waited for Queen Victoria to surrender the throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Margaret + Roddy = Royal Furor | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

Last week, in a giant step, the V.O.A. abandoned the standard repertory and embraced 20th century music by presenting the American premiere of Mary, Queen of Scots, a grand opera by Scottish Composer Thea Musgrave, 49. The choice was audacious. Mary calls for 13 principals and a 32-member chorus, a taxing assignment for V.O.A.'s limited resources and tiny (28 ft. deep) stage. V.O.A. gambled and won-to prolonged applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Queen Mary in Virginia | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...Mary, Queen of Scots chronicles the seven-year period from Mary's return to Scotland in 1561, the widow of the King of France, to her flight to England in 1568, forced by her half brother James Stewart, Earl of Moray. Musgrave, the composer and the wife of Artistic Director Mark, also wrote the libretto. Her story crackles with emotional tension: between Mary, young, lovely and impulsive; James, who craves power; the hotheaded soldier, the Earl of Both well; and the weak courtier, Lord Darnley, her cousin who becomes her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Queen Mary in Virginia | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...shared first place in the prestigious Metropolitan Opera national auditions. Her lustrous soprano voice handles high notes with authority, and her acting is good enough for Broadway. She manages to crystallize certain moments: a softened look at James (Jake Gardner) even as they feud; a coquettish triumph as queen of her ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Queen Mary in Virginia | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...dispatched, at last count, 332 odds and sods. They are a joky, well-tailored squad who, amazingly, carry no stilettos for their fellow authors. Some of the most famed and envied than-atologists are, of course, very rich: Ross Macdonald, John D. MacDonald, Robert Ludlum, Fred Dannay (a.k.a. Ellery Queen) and Ellin, among others. Britain's artful Desmond Bagley, who has yet to make much of an imprint on the U.S. audience, still clears $250,000 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mysteries That Bloom in Spring | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

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