Word: queens
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...could cadge a free diaper in the changing room. Now, after four Harry Potter books, two movies and an armada of related merchandise, J.K. Rowling has a fortune estimated at $450 million, according to the London Sunday Times rich list, making her $50 million wealthier than the Queen of England. Her personal life has picked up too. She has bought multimillion-dollar houses in London, Edinburgh and the Scottish hills near Perth. And at the end of 2001, Rowling, 37, married Neil Murray, 31, a steady, brainy anesthetist she had met through a mutual friend. Last March they...
WILL IT FLY? Let's see--Blanchett has already played the Queen of England and an immortal elf. That should be a good warm...
...abolished the polytheistic system and replaced it with a religion based on the worship of Aten, the sun god. The Pharaoh even changed his name to Akhenaten--or "one who serves Aten." This undoubtedly made him a despised figure among the orthodox, a hostility that spilled over to his queen who, if ancient reliefs are to be believed, also wielded enormous power. "She is literally hand in hand with Akhenaten at religious ceremonies and state occasions," says Egyptologist Rita Freed of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts...
...more precise," concedes Brothwell. "We're dealing with an ancient population that could have had different rates of maturity, and there are factors of nutrition to consider as well." Still, the ranges they cite are consistent with the possible age of death of Akhenaten's mother, Queen Tiye, and one of his brothers--both of whom could have been interred in the same tomb as Nefertiti...
...pity more Americans don't enjoy their gnocchi and zucchini flowers with a bottle of prosecco, as celebrity cookbook queen Nigella Lawson does [AT DINNER WITH, May 26]. Too many people are washing down their Wal-Mart hot dogs and fat-free Oreos with Snapple. Or jogging off their egg-white omelets. I would love to see a healthy middle ground between eating junk and starving to be thin. The norm should be voluptuous women and a savoring of good food and long dinners. SHERRY OLSEN San Francisco