Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whirlwind trip to Europe, Ronald Reagan had an inspirational thought for the 15,000 well-wishers who gathered at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington Friday night to welcome him home. In 10,659 miles of travel through five nations in ten days, and meetings with a Pope, a Queen and heads of government of the 15 other NATO countries, the President discovered that "America has a lot of friends." Reagan noted that he had told West Germans, and by extension all of America's allies: "We are with you. You are not alone." He added: "I come home...
...Tuesday morning, Reagan took a highly publicized horseback ride with Queen Elizabeth through Windsor Home Park. Reagan's chestnut gelding, Centennial, donated to the royal stables by the Canadian Mounties, was certainly no match for the spirited steeds the President rides in the U.S. With stiff upper lip, a palace aide described the horse as "reasonable." Reagan paused to exchange inane but affable banter with reporters. Queen Elizabeth, wearing a yellow scarf, listened for a while, looking distinctly displeased, then began to ride off. A moment later, Reagan followed. British and American accounts of the royal family...
...wrote his sister-in-law, then living in Los Angeles, asking, "How far do you live from Hollywood?" Gordon became entranced with the image of Hollywood when he saw his first Greta Garbo movie at age 15 in Hungary. He still remembers that movie well-it was called Queen Christina. Says Gordon, speaking in somewhat halting English: "Now, most of the world, they do not know about Los Angeles. But they do know about Hollywood. From outside, Hollywood always seemed really glamorous. If anyone is coming to this city, what can they see of Hollywood...
...Ronald and Nancy Reagan prepared to leave Versailles Monday morning, all the big TV spectaculars of their European journey-the President's meeting with Pope John Paul II in the Vatican, his addresses to Britain's Parliament and the West German Bundestag, his horseback ride with Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Great Park-were yet to occur. So too were the huge anti-Reagan demonstrations being organized by nuclear protesters in Bonn, West Berlin and London...
...Britain, where news of last week's military successes was greeted with increased national pride, the idea of losing seemed far, far away. Britons were basking in the afterglow of the historic papal visit, which lifted spirits everywhere, and enjoying a spate of warm, sunny weather. The Queen went to the Epsom derby and smiled. There was even good economic news: inflation dropped into the single digits for the first time since Thatcher took office...