Word: singeing
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...blood. Her father owns Belvoir Castle, one of Britain's most imposing homes; her 15-piece band includes the Marquess of Worcester on vocals and the 19th Duke of Somerset on drums. A horsewoman and London-educated artist, Lady Teresa found her latest calling after she was invited to sing backup vocals for the one-year-old band, which counts Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Diana among its fans. True to her class, Lady Teresa remains unmoved by critics ("Not always in tune," said the Daily Mail). "I don't have to rely on my looks," she sniffs. "I rely...
...fable of fear and longing. Connie (Laura Dern) is a coltish California girl trying to cope with her brand-new woman's body and its desperate urgencies. She sasses her angry mom, cruises the mall with her girlfriends and dreams of a boy who will hold her close and sing to her. Enter Arnold Friend (Treat Williams), an older man whose silky threats mesmerize the girl into taking his dare. Arnold is Connie's demon lover, a nightmare image of every male she has ever vamped, and the price he exacts is her realization that 15 is too young...
Listening to the sandhills is much like hearing unfamiliar and cacophonous music. Cranes cannot be said to sing. Rather, they are a whole orchestra that can reproduce at one and the same time the sound of geese honking, frogs croaking, cats purring, whistles blowing, castanets clicking, trumpets blaring, flutes trilling and even the roaring cheers of a fully packed football stadium. "As soon as you hear it," nods Don Howell, a retired telephone company man from nearby Grand Island, "you just know they're cranes...
...read about Horowitz that there would be difficulties in working with such a great artist." The pedagogy was unusual. Horowitz advised against practicing too much. (He himself dislikes practicing.) Sometimes the maestro would listen while lying on the floor, offering suggestions from a prone position. "The piano is a singing instrument," he would tell Janis. "Sing, sing, sing at the piano." Horowitz, says Janis, "taught me the secrets of piano playing...
...official photographer for his mother's 60th birthday, the celebration of which began last week with a service in St. George's Chapel at Windsor. After a walkabout in the town, the Queen repaired to Windsor Castle for lunch, then drove to Buckingham Palace to watch 6,000 schoolchildren sing "Happy Birthday" and wave some 120,000 daffodils. Then the birthday Queen changed into an evening gown and her favorite diamond tiara for a gala "Fanfare for Elizabeth" at Covent Garden, featuring the likes of Placido Domingo, Gelsey Kirkland and a special ballet, created by Sir Frederick Ashton and based...