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...given a persuasive reason to reconsider his analysis. As he was riding in a cab near Buckingham Palace, a white British Ford in front of him veered to the left, forcing a maroon Austin Princess limousine to a halt. On top of the limousine, visible from front and rear, was a shield displaying the royal coat of arms. Inside were Princess Anne and her husband of four months, Captain Mark Phillips...
...flanks the Buckingham Palace Mall. Edmonds, who was unarmed, brought him down with a flying rugby tackle. A young woman rushed up to the Austin and asked Anne, "Are you all right, love?" Though severely shaken, she replied, "Yes, I'm fine, thank you." A bullet through the rear window marked how close they had come to death. It was the first attack on the royal family since 1939, when shots were fired at the Duchess of Kent...
Inside the building, Ford, who had been whisked quickly from his automobile into the club's rear entrance, told the Republicans he remains convinced of President Nixon's non-involvement in the Watergate scandal...
Outside the club, the whistles were not blowing. But a contingent of three mounted policemen, three motorcycles and about 15 foot patrols was clearing Newbury St., about a half-block from the rear entrance of the building, where protesters had gathered to face Ford more directly upon his departure. Smiling and waving, Ford passed the crowd assembled on the corner as his bronze LTD sped toward the Sheraton-Boston Hotel...
...light voice better than Donizetti's heavyweight scores. This is music to float jewels on. Sills' succession of bravura displays in the mad scene ("Qui la voce sua soave ") is like a string of emeralds, each deeper and more lustrous in color. She enters from a high rear balcony, floats dreamily down a long ramp, chats nuttily with her father ("Who are you?"), begs for her lover's return, then collapses in a twirl of deranged rapture...