Word: royal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those three hits were yielded to Royal third baseman George Brett, who was three-for-four on the evening with two singles and a double...
...museum, in a sense, closes a circle begun 330 years ago. The house built by Aubert de Fontenay, royal collector of the salt tax, now contains a collection assembled by 20th century taxes. The artist would have relished the irony. Said the influential Le Monde: "One knows that Picasso is in his place in the noble building from the time of Louis XIV. He is home...
...week as he became the first heir to the British throne to attend kindergarten. Arriving with the obviously anxious Prince Charles and Princess Diana, William politely shook hands with his teacher and turned obediently to wave a hand at the horde of journalists. Then, without fuss or fidget, the royal pupil disappeared into the basement classroom, where he began an introductory curriculum of paper and clay modeling, painting and music. Less than two hours later, William, as his classmates know him, emerged carrying his thermos and a new finger puppet. Remarked his pleased mother: "I think he did quite well...
...discreetly underplayed. Of India's greatest glories, its large-scale sculpture and monumental architecture, there is scarcely even a photographic hint. In all the exhibition, the only room that comes close to conveying a sense of the objects in context is a display of a 17th century royal tent, its rich, red silk velvet embracing more than 600 sq. ft. of space, its seven arches per side at once defining and opening an intimate chamber of carpets and pillows...
...appointment of a three-member panel of police officers to conduct an investigation of the abortive coup. Still, there was reason to wonder how tough the Thai government planned to be. Only hours after the takeover try fizzled, Manoon and two of his aides fled to Singapore on a Royal Thai Air Force plane. Their safe-conduct out of the country was reportedly arranged in exchange for the release of a Thai air force commander held by the rebels...