Word: regal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among Connors' other famous customers is the late Samuel Doe, once dictator of Liberia who has since been overthrown and killed. During the Gulf War, the brother of the king of Saudi Arabia stayed at the Charles Hotel and visited the Coop dressed in his regal Arabian robes. "He asked if I [could] have a set shipped to him by Friday," says Connors. Normally, shipment would take two to three weeks but the Saudi prince needed it for his granddaughter's birthday. "I said, 'Yes, Your Highness, if you'll pay for the freight...
...Secret Service agents who so resemble a monarch's elite household guard, the convoy of limousines that accompanies the President on his visits, and the other grandiose appurtenances of the presidency. Even Bill Clinton has benefited from this aspect of his office and so appears somewhat more imposing and regal than would the former Governor of Arkansas if he were treated like, say, the Prime Minister of Denmark. Nevertheless, as his circumstances this week all too readily indicate, Clinton is not in a position to exploit another quasi-monarchial institution that Presidents have often turned to good advantage: an institution...
Bamberger, speaking from the East Hampton, says the trip was made, in part, to demonstrate the contrasts between the down to earth state senator and the "regal" Gov. William E.Weld '66 Barrett, Bamberger says, is walking through towns Weld has never even visited...
...mark. While some richer flavors can be found in other places, Baskin Robbins combines richness, a creamy texture, and variety in its chocolate offerings. On a recent night they were serving; world-class chocolate, regular chocolate, chocolate fudge, German chocolate, peanut butter and chocolate, rocky road, and chocolate mousse regal...
Kamarei plays Claudius (Galen Weston) as an effete poseur complete with absurdly exagerrated regal costume. His amusing interpretation suceeds thanks to Weston's magnificent mincing. Similarly, Sarah Tuttleton pulls off a fantastic performance as a panting, moaning, breast-rubbing nympho Ophelia...