Word: regal
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...parking lot around the Hazel Park Lounge and Bowl is full. The men's Monday-night bowling league has arrived. The cars bear testimony to hard times. In the '70s, the boom years, those cars would have been new. Now only an occasional '82 Buick Regal or Chrysler Le Baron gleams hopefully among older Coupe de Villes, Torinos and Caprice Classics. A Thunderbird stands in ruinous decay next to the embarrassing glint of a new Toyota. An ancient Ford station wagon, held together by spit and masking tape, boasts a bumper sticker that says: THUMBS...
...known in its gilded heyday as the train of kings. It also transported in regal splendor diplomats, divas and duchesses, the beau monde and the demimonde, maharajahs, moguls and con men, courtesans, couriers, private eyes and spies. Thundering across empires to the edge of Asia, the Orient Express was the most celebrated train in history. It retired ignobly in May 1977, aged 94, a shrunken outcast of the hurry-up age. Then, last May, it rose again in all its pristine opulence as a regularly scheduled year-round train luxe, plying between London and Venice. The once and future train...
...fans thrusting cards into her face, Welch is in love with New York. She is also eager to talk during a late dinner at a French restaurant chosen by Andre, 35, a French film writer and producer. There the subject quickly turns to the imperial Bacall. "She was very regal in the part," says Raquel in a silky voice. "She was sort of saying, 'I am what I am. If you want me, I'm here.' What I feel is different. When the curtain goes up, I look out and see that the theater is filled...
...Queen displayed regal presence under pressure that would have impressed even her great-great-grandmother Victoria, the stoic object of seven assassination attempts over 42 years. As Elizabeth talked with Fagan, she managed to telephone the palace police switchboard twice, in a calm voice, to summon help. No one came immediately because the urgency of her situation was not realized An attendant who might have helped her was out walking the royal Corgis. She was finally saved when a maid entered the bedroom, took a stunned glance at the visitor and blurted, "Bloody hell, ma'am! What...
...Queen Elizabeth II, now 56, prepared to take the salute from the Brigade of Guards-their numbers depleted in service to Her Majesty in the South Atlantic-the skies opened up. The Queen's rain was mercifully short, and while it fell, Elizabeth valiantly attempted to maintain a regal posture. But as the downpour quickened, she dropped-just for a moment, mind you-her traditionally unflappable composure. Her grimace bespoke the self-evident plea: a brolly! A brolly! My kingdom for a brolly...