Word: regalness
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LUIS MIGUEL DOMINGUIN, Spain's best bullfighter, came last week to conquer Mexico. As he appeared in the door of his plane, Dominguin gave the airport crowd a small, arrogant smile and a regal wave. Two burly bodyguards closed in beside him and a motorcycle escort whisked him off to his hotel...
Most of the darts were aimed at the prizewinning coin design by 71-year-old Sculptress Mary Gillick. "Absurd to do that with the poor girl," sniffed one Londoner of Mrs. Gillick's work. "Made her look like a schoolgirl and she's really quite regal." Others objected to the sculptured royal nose and the laurel-wreathed, bun-backed hairdo. "Not a good likeness, as far as I can judge," humphed famed non-likeness-making Sculptor Epstein. "Look what they've done to our Queen," piped one shrill critic. "Made her neck too long." "I should...
Then came the ferocious, just lamented mascot and last in line is today's regal beast...
...Author Lamb tells their story, the peasant emperor loses in stature and the prostitute empress takes on a regal aspect. Justinian is seen as a dull, lifelong scholar, a grubber for facts, a physical coward with an insatiable lust for power. He seldom left his palace, and depended on his great commander, Belisarius, to defend the empire. Of his many great projects, only two fully succeeded: the Justinian Code and the building of the magnificent Church of St. Sophia...
...kind of bulb are even more of a Romanoff trademark than his coat of arms. His most recent crest (supplanting an elaborate compound that included a sheaf of wheat, a gargoyle and a Martini glass) is a chaste pair of back-to-back R's topped by a regal crown...