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...Queen can still be stiffly Victorian when occasion demands it. A veteran aide recently criticized her favorite crooner: "Ma'am, that Bing Whatnot, blest if I can see what you see in him." "Sir," replied Elizabeth loftily, "you are not supposed to see all we see." But she can also unbend delightfully. "Often she has caught my eye when a slightly pompous person is executing a ceremonial gambit," confesses an old friend of Elizabeth's, "and we both have to look away hastily to keep from laughing...
...105th floor. Wow. Any injuries? Just hold on one second, sir. Hold on ... Don't worry, God is there." 911 OPERATOR, answering an emergency call from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, in a partial recording--the people inside the WTC cannot be heard--released last week...
Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza was not available to comment last week. Newly appointed Police and Justice Minister Simeon Bouro blames a lack of manpower for the government's apparent failure to curb child exploitation, and says he has not heard that politicians are involved. Only three government welfare workers can be called on to help the victims; they service a population of about 500,000 across a vast archipelago. Worse, senior officials dismiss or play down unicef's allegations. "I think that report was biased," says Ruth Liloqula, who until last month was permanent secretary of the Home Affairs...
...first stop is Boston’s Colonial Theater on 106 Boylston Street. When I saw this show in New York, it boasted Tim Curry (“Rocky Horror Picture Show”) as King Arthur, Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”) as the bloodthirsty Sir Lancelot, and the Broadway superstar Sara Ramirez as the Lady of the Lake. I dare not go over all of the classic routines from the movie which have been adapted into film, jokes which I have had memorized for upwards of ten years and which would be far too dorky...
...miss if you put the red dot on the target,” he says. He asks the cadets about the roles of each soldier in an army company and the types of weapons each should carry. Often they end their responses with “sir.” When one cadet stumbles, Sullivan tells him, “I’m not letting you off easy.” Patiently, he guides him through the correct answer. Occasionally, Sullivan jokingly responds to a wrong answer by barking, “Push-ups!” There?...