Word: royals
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...completion that few later artists could rival. They have the subtlest quality of propaganda: they make you forget that they are propaganda. If we think of Charles as the cultivated king par excellence, it is largely thanks to Van Dyck. There cannot be a more tender and intimate royal portrait than his effigy of the couple in conversation in a rocky landscape, their bonding signified by, among other things, their dress -- he in pink slashed silk with pale gray showing beneath, she in the same gray with pink ribbons and laces; he giving her an olive twig, she giving...
...fading toward obsolescence, while Arabic, Japanese and Swahili are / all on the curriculum. In a sense, the place is drawing closer to its founder's original notion of a truly "public" school. "It is a privileged school," acknowledges Anderson, an energetic and articulate Scotsman from a family of royal kilt makers, "with beautiful buildings in a beautiful setting. But the only justification for privilege is that it should help people develop themselves to the full. We are elitist, but not exclusive. And I'm not ashamed in the least of being elitist. All that means is aiming at the highest...
...theater--where we go to see not only drama, but a dramatic re-enactment of life--does not connote racism. And Pachter is not alone among reviewers in his concerns about the responsibilities and repercussions of cross-casting. Liza M. Velasquez asserts in her review of The Royal Hunt of the Sun ("Royal Hunt Misses the Mark," Oct. 26) that the casting decisions made in the Mainstage production were "disappointing." She writes that director Jeremy Blumenthal cross-cast a number of women in the roles of "sympathetic yet incomprehensible male Incas," and goes on to say that "[i]t seems...
...children wasted little time in catching up. Ethel became an adolescent star. Lionel and John followed in her footlights, and for half a century the trio dominated the American stage and screen. The story of the siblings has provoked innumerable books, plays and films -- including one appropriately titled The Royal Family. But none approaches the work of Margot Peters, biographer of Charlotte Bronte and professor of English literature at the University of Wisconsin. The House of Barrymore brims with insight, scandal and anecdote; even in death, Ethel, Lionel and John cannot stop entertaining the audience...
...Saudis, Egyptians and Syrians. While the Saudi air force is modern and well trained, the army is not. According to Anthony Cordesman, an expert on Middle East military issues, the Saudi army is at least 30% under strength. Most army units are commanded by members of the Saudi royal family selected for loyalty rather than military prowess. Exercises involving more than 6,000 men are rare. If it becomes necessary to move larger numbers, "considerable confusion at the front" is likely, says Cordesman...