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...elegant, personal 2003 autobiography was titled, somewhat misleadingly, The Majesty of the Law. But her own majestic qualities are refreshingly devoid of regal pretense. They are marked instead by the humility and tolerance and restraint that are the true foundations of the constitutional principles that she endeavors both to balance and to obey. --BY WALTER ISAACSON, president of the Aspen Institute
...carousing and—evil-of-evils—drag racing. These habits—in this supposedly modern fairy tale—are all too often splashed across the front page of Denmark’s tabloids, earning him continual, serene, slaps on the wrist by his regal parents...
...murderous minions. Having scored a blockbuster opening victory in its war on terrorism, the Bush Administration committed itself to winning the peace--pledging billions of dollars in aid, deploying 11,000 troops to hunt for remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and pinning its credibility on Karzai, the regal President who the U.S. hoped could manage the country's combustible ethnic mix and rein in its notorious warlords. Making Afghanistan a stable democracy friendly to the West would not just deal a blow to bin Laden and the brutes who once ruled the country but also help win over...
...company was founded in 1982, moving into the old, regal Boston University Theater. The theater itself has been around since 1925 as the original Repertory Theater of Boston, the first non-profit playhouse in the country, and a complement to nearby Symphony Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts. But it was never home to much successful theater, and after two decades of dubious usage (in lesser days it was a movie house), Boston University (B.U.) bought it for its School of Fine Arts...
...company was founded in 1982, moving into the old, regal Boston University Theater. The theater itself has been around since 1925 as the original Repertory Theater of Boston, the first non-profit playhouse in the country, and a complement to nearby Symphony Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts. But it was never home to much successful theater, and after two decades of dubious usage (in lesser days it was a movie house), Boston University (B.U.) bought it for its School of Fine Arts...