Word: queene
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...sound the consonant at the end of a word (I pronounce it righ-T, not righ'). According to him, I don't just have a British stiff upper lip but a tense lower one as well. He shows me what I'm doing and it looks uncannily like the Queen, whose voice is even more pinched than mine. He tells me to relax my face by pretending to be the British glamour model Jordan applying lipstick and I can hear an improvement when I say some words that would usually be my downfall: "old school tie" (which I normally drawl...
...greatest woman I have ever known. The former Governor of Texas was electrifying, brilliant, loyal, tolerant. She was also exhausting. I am surprised Ann stopped long enough to leave this world. She loved telling stories. One of her favorites was about taking her darling grandchild Lily to see the Queen of England. Later Ann asked Lily what she remembered. "The Queen had lipstick on her teeth!" said Lily. I heard Ann tell this anecdote to masters of the universe, and they'd fall out of their chairs and start writing checks for charity. Ann, you were always the most alive...
...DIED. Willi Ninja, 45, lithe, athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning popularized vogue dancers, a then-obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. The charismatic, self-described "butch-queen," born William Leake, later taught the martial arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...
...Saudis, Swedes and Kiwis can hate Dubya, and thus protest against his folly in Iraq, while consuming the riches of U.S. commerce and culture. Some lands have the splendid fortune of a dignified presence to represent them: South Africa's Mandela, Brazil's P?l? and the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II. Others are stuck with rogues like Saddam, Gaddafi, Castro and Venezuela's Chavez...
...Ninja, 45, lithe, athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 dance-club documentary Paris Is Burning, popularized vogue dancers, a then obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. Born William Leake, the charismatic, self- described "butch queen" taught the martial-arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...