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...went to preach at Sandringham," recalled a bishop, "I was standing beside the Queen Mother before she went up to bed on the Sunday night, and she said: "It's been so lovely having you, do come again.' Then she turned to the Queen and immediately apologized: "Oh how rude of me, darling! It isn't for me to invite anyone to Sandringham.'" The Queen was said to be equally solicitous of her mother, though she rarely seemed to need the attention. The "smiling Duchess" glided with resilient good humor through roughly 10 engagements each month until she was midway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Ma'am For All Seasons | 3/31/2002 | See Source »

Located off a smutty street in the heart of Chinatown, the decor at Chinatown Eatery is not exactly swanky. The ceiling hangs low over clients’ heads, the lighting is neon, the men taking the orders are rude and abrasive. In fact, clients not in full command of their Mandarin may have a bit of a hard time getting what they want. But it’s worth the struggle. The food here is fantastic as well as cheap. After the pork and noodles, turn to the juice bar stall on the side, where one can get such funky...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...benefited from this very same system as a student, but I got an early, rude awakening as to what was going on. In my freshman year at Princeton I studied with Mary Douglas, a famous anthropologist who had just come to America after many years in the British system. At the end of my first paper she wrote, “Excellent essay,” and under that was an initial grade of B. However, the “B” had been erased and replaced with an “A.” In Professor Douglas?...

Author: By Ben Berger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Doctor is In | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

Many of Gaudí's buildings were never finished, he often fell out with owners or planning authorities, and toward the end of his life he became ever more despotic and rude - his irritability perhaps exacerbated by his contraction of the livestock disease brucellosis. The Catholic Church, however, has few doubts about the man. A movement within it wants the Pope to canonize him, and the Archbishop of Barcelona has called for him to be named patron saint of architecture. Many Catalans draw the line at sainthood, arguing that Gaudí's legacy of buildings is, as Daniel Giralt-Miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaudí Mania | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard tennis teams had vastly different weekends, with the men’s team enjoying the Southern hospitality afforded them by Oklahoma State and Tulsa and the women’s team receiving a rude welcome from Georgia Tech and South Carolina...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tennis Road Trips Bring Mixed Results | 2/20/2002 | See Source »

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