Word: queens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bolster Charles, consulting several times with him to help devise a more populist event. The Blair forces suggested and implemented the loudspeaker system that allowed people on London's streets to hear the service inside Westminster Abbey. Then, the day after the funeral, the Blairs had lunch with the Queen at Balmoral, and the Prime Minister firmly pronounced that he thought Charles would make a good King. Perhaps most important of all, he never bragged about his work behind the scenes...
...stopped at the grocery store to pick up a deliciously refreshing package of frozen fruit bars, and I decided that I would not share. In all seriousness, I became the Queen of Selfishness, ferociously defending my kingdom from the ugly hordes of Other People...
...pinch you can do this with a kazoo and a bullhorn) and some rock-climbing gear. Climb to the roof of your building and have a roommate lower you down to a position just outside your upstairs neighbors' window while they are sleeping. Then play and sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody ("Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Figaro!" -that one) until the police come. Do this every morning until your neighbors buy a firearm, and your problem will be solved: You will soon be enrolled at another college or a state-run institution...
...Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella funded Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World. In return, some 500 years later, we repay them with Cokes, Big Macs and Pamela...
...QUEEN ELIZABETH II Though she made up ground at week's end, the earlier remoteness will be hard to forget...