Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Danes, the most tolerant. The Italians-what other nation produces as many sobbing tenors?-are the most melancholy. And the British, perhaps because their green and pleasant land has not been the battlefield the Continent has been in living memory, are the most willing to go to war for Queen and country...
When out of the white came a startling sight-Queen Elizabeth with a retinue...
Well, the proud innkeep asked the Queen to upcreep a stairway that no one could see; When dinner was served, she ate unobserved, then again wafted downways by stair...
Lockheed flew into more turbulence during the mid-1970s, when it admitted making questionable overseas payments. The ensuing scandals rocked the Japanese and Italian governments, and in The Netherlands, the then queen's consort was forced to give up virtually all his military and business positions. The jumbo jet even gave Lockheed headaches when times were good. Orders poured in so fast in 1978 and 1979 that the company was forced to pay premium wages and materials prices to meet the unanticipated demand. The result: Lockheed lost $199 million on the TriStar last year, and the company...
Against a background of white tablecloths and candlelight, preteen girls who sign up for "White Gloves and Party Manners" are instructed in such arcane lore as curtsying ("When you are presented to the Queen, your head should scrape the ground"). "Blue Blazer" seminars for boys omit the candlelight in favor of a clubroom atmosphere. At the Belk Tyler store in Rocky Mount, N.C., a White Gloves class, which opened in September, has been "a phenomenal success," according to Operations Manager Fred Combs. Says he: "Children are learning things they'd never learn at home...