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...Pope. With malice towards everyone, Rolfe is as agile as a marmoset, and a sharp-toothed incessant talker. The talk is hushed as chanting begins in the rear of the theater. With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense. As the cardinals reach the stage, they pause before the bishop and the priest: "Wilt thou accept pontificality?" Rolfe turns to kneel to his bishop, so unexpectedly chosen, only to find that the prelate is already kneeling to him. "Wilt thou accept pontificality?" The bishop whispers: "The answer...
...first varsity boat raced over the the 2000 meters in 6:24.8, three boat-lengths and 13 seconds ahead of second-place Columbia. The Lions covered the course in 6:37.7 and the Scarlet Knights finished...
...National Gallery, was completed in 1860, while the artist was living in London, and commemorated a view near West Point overlooking Storm King Mountain. The panorama includes hunters, grazing sheep, and sailboats, but its real subject is the vivid plumage of birch, sugar maple, hemlock and scarlet oak. A century later, Cropsey's portrayal is still fresh and unspoiled, a continuing celebration of the season when, as Thoreau said, "every tree is a living liberty pole, on which a thousand bright flags are flying...
Marine Band, its scarlet tunics reflected in the Waterford chandeliers pendent from the 20-foot ceiling, played Bach's Arioso and Barber's Adagio for Strings, as Yuki, the President's favorite mongrel, trotted around outside in new red bootees and a matching jacket inscribed "CONGRATULATIONS...
...Regrets. The decor will be, in Mrs. Abell's word, "Christmasy." Holly and topiary trees flecked with "teeny white lights" will adorn the East Room. Seven attendants in gowns of Goya red will vie for the eye with the 32-member Marine Band's scarlet tunics. The groom, Marine Captain Charles Robb, 28, will wear his dress blues. He has had little say in the preparations. "Mostly, he's chief in charge of the honeymoon," Mrs. Abell explains...