Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anger been compromised? By agreeing to be on, that person has in a sense granted the reporter a favor." He continues, "Will I make a phone call [to help secure a guest]? Sure, but I'm not about to camp out on the doorstep of every member of the royal family." Moreover, he says, he never has and never will agree to stay off certain subjects with an interviewee. "Don't ever tell me I can't do something...
...graduate of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Rieu spent the early part of his career playing anonymously in symphony orchestras. "I was sitting there," he recalls, "playing for one conductor after another who did everything wrong, and I knew I could do it better. So one day 10 years ago, I told my wife, 'Either I die now, or I do something else.' I quit my job and started my own orchestra, and had success immediately--the halls were filled...
Diana's death has left people around the globe with a sense of personal bereavement [PRINCESS DIANA, 1961-1997, Sept. 15]. It is amazing that a person from the British royal family touched lives in countries from Australia to Zimbabwe. And it is amazing the way they came together and showed they were united in their grief. Can we not achieve the same unity on the issues for which Diana fought? KAVITA BAWA New Delhi...
...assumed that this reluctance comes in large part from the national pride established over the centuries during which the British Empire was bringing the blessings of parliamentary democracy and overcooked vegetables to vast areas of the world--a pride leading naturally to the assumption that even though the royal family may be essentially German in origin, the currency should be purely English...
...these characters, preferably the King, really belt one out. Worse still, sexism, classicism and European elitism (the three evil isms) abound in this musical: the fact that European culture is valued over Asian culture, the main reason for Anna's presence in Siam, is continually reinforced. But the royal kids are cute, the costume and set design are amazing and the Rodgers and Hammerstein score is enough to shell out the bucks and enjoy the show...