Word: royale
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...preparing to join the European Union in May, and Poles hope the higher profile that comes with E.U. membership will help put their country's undeserved reputation for dowdiness behind them. "The image of Poland will only improve," predicts Adrian Ellis, manager of Warsaw's plushest hotel, Le Royal Meridien Bristol ($400 a night). Business travelers are streaming into the capital, he says. "Warsaw's time will come...
...hard to say why, apart from habit, there should be any nostalgia for royal forms among Australians, especially when we are so fond of our national antielitism. But people, including Australians, want figures to admire. "If we don't have the Queen, whom can we look up to?" was one of the most frequent complaints at referendum time. The thought that in a democracy you don't look up to your superiors, but sideways at your fellow citizens, wasn't much aired in monarchist circles. And Australia has always been short not only of convincing shared ceremonies of national identity...
...least, as a surprise. For a man who normally is the very embodiment of decorum, Juan Carlos' retort to the Venezuelan president - "Why don't you shut up?" - seemed shockingly uncharacteristic. But a statement from the Palace on Tuesday may have offered a bit of context on the royal mood: the king's eldest child, the infanta Elena, was separating "temporarily" from her aristocratic husband, Jaime de Marichalar. Could His Majesty - coolheaded impeder of military coups, tireless inaugurator of schools and hospitals, diplomatic booster of all things Spanish - be feeling a little family stress...
...unexpected: The gossip rags have been hinting for months that all was not well in the Bourbon-Marichalar household. Besides, Elena and Jaime have always made a strange pair. Married for 12 years and parents of two children, she has always been the loyal, stoic princess tirelessly fulfilling her royal duties, while he, an eccentrically dressed dandy, has become a regular presence at New York fashion shows. But whatever their differences, and although the Palace stressed that the separation was a "temporary cessation of their marriage" and had no legal implications, the separation is nonetheless an uncharacteristic admission of problems...
...made $125 million of operating income, and it has been in loss ever since. Why? Globalization. This is the biggest tabletop company in the world. We've got fantastic brands. Just to humor you, we've got No. 1 Waterford, No. 2 Wedgwood, No. 3 Royal Doulton; the subbrands, you've got Versace and Bulgari and Jasper Conran and Emeril Lagasse. And we have just signed up with Robert Mondavi, so we will have a completely different type of Waterford. Waterford Wedgwood will be a very profitable business in eight to 12 months...