Word: regaling
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...blurred by threats of violence, the election does not seem to be in serious jeopardy. As the 75- year-old leader of the A.N.C. sped from stadium to stadium in his cream- colored Mercedes, he gave clenched-fist salutes and spoke solemnly to the faithful. His tones were alternately regal and schoolmasterish, his jokes slow to develop, and much of his dry but earnest text came straight out of a yellow-and-white binder labeled BRIEFING NOTES -- CONFIDENTIAL...
...manager emeritus, The Faculty Club is ranked among the top few in the nation in surveys of cuisine, architecture and ambiance. The building is situated in a sylvan island, nestled between the Freshman Union and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Upon venturing into the Club from the regal front entrance, a regal visitor walks through a regal entry foyer, where, more often than not, a student is pounding out a melody on a regal grand piano. A curved stairway leads up to the second floor, where daintily appointed meeting rooms play host to scores of organizations. The reading...
...opening of the Boston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty, the audience was anything but sleepy. With regal costumes and beautiful scenery, classic choreography and spirited execution of movement, The Sleeping Beauty captured the unique union of music and magic necessary for the translation of fairy tale into ballet. Based on Charles Perrault's "La Belle au Bois Dormant" from Mother Goose, The Sleeping Beauty tells the story of Princess Aurora, cursed by the evil Carabosse to sleep one hundred years until kissed by a handsome prince. The strength of the ballet lies in the noble and soaring melodies...
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...