Word: queens
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...Naipaul, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990, is now considered a giant in postcolonial fiction, having won almost every major literary award except the Nobel Prize. Born in Trinidad to West Indian parents in 1932, "Vido," as he is called in the book, was able to secure a prestigious Trinidad government scholarship in 1948, which he used to fund four years of study at Oxford University. Family Letters documents Naipaul's life spanning a period from just before his departure for England, to the critical acclaim following the 1957 publication of Naipaul's first book, The Mystic Masseur...
...Magic Flute, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart shortly before his death in 1791, features the tale of Prince Tamino's (Sonny Elizaondo '00) quest to find Pamina (Tonia D'Amelio '00), his love. The rather basic storyline is complicated by Pamina's evil mother, the Queen of the Night (Tamara R. Spiewak '02), who commissions Prince Tamino to steal Pamina away from the just and wise Sarastro (John Driscoll '99) and the queen's trusted follower who guards Pamina, Monostatos (Joe Nuccio '00), with the hope of marrying...
...often typecast as the short, cute 17-year-old. Despite some disappointment from agents that she is not six feet tall, Emmy has never let anything hold her back. At an event earlier this year to model formalwear for J.C. Penney, Emmy was once again placed into the teen-queen mold. iOther models my age, all of whom were taller, got to wear college-age cocktail dresses,i she remembers. iI got stuck in the prom and homecoming wear. I felt better when my eescorti model told me he played football for Dartmouth. It took me awhile to figure...
...Superman suit, putting on full protective gear, and letting you and every single last one of your guests grab him (he is also equipped with two handles) and toss him as far as you possibly can. He emerges unscathed due to the protective gear and two queen-sized (recently updated to king size) air mattresses on which he lands. This is supposed to provide entertainment for you and your guests for a prolonged period of time. Of course some people are not as easily amused as others, which is why The Jolly Dwarf, the company Beetlejuice works for, also offers...
Eventually, of course, Gertrude's husband learns of the affair; court life affords little privacy for a queen. He confronts Claudius and outlines the punishments he will inflict on the guilty. Claudius, without Gertrude's knowledge, murders the king and becomes king himself. Once he marries Gertrude, the stage is set for Hamlet...