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With thousands of flowers, heartfelt notes and hymns in London's great cathedrals, Britons marked the first anniversary of Princess Diana's death Monday. Her somber young sons and the royal family prayed together, away from public eyes. Wearing black ties as a symbol of their mourning, Prince William, 16, and Prince Harry, 13, entered the tiny stone church near Balmoral Castle in Scotland flanked by their father, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II and other royal relatives. William, the lanky physical embodiment of his mother, hung his head and was mostly shielded from the cameras. Harry showed no expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day in Britain | 9/1/1998 | See Source »

...town," said Irene Quinn, the dead boys' grandmother. Those who were grieving could do nothing but sit behind their curtains and wait for the Protestant parades to finish so Catholic friends could safely come by to bid farewell to the boys. One day later, weeping mourners formed their own somber parade behind the coffins bearing the boys to a hillside cemetery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: A Fiery Test Of Peace | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

...steely self-assurance of Bound, a razor-sharp thriller/campfest that acknowledged the clichéd phoniness of shorthanding a woman's skill with bathroom pipes as an instant flag of lesbian sexuality. High Art, by contrast, scores aces for slinky atmosphere but overdoes the seriousness, offering a somber, compellingly seedy, but occasionally lethargic story where the sexual roundabouts that "shock" its various characters are rarely if ever shocking to us. By the time Lucy's saddled with a cartoonish Jewish mother, Cholodenko seems as starved for inspiration as Great and Lucy are demonstrated...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: High Art, Despite Solid Acting, Falls Short of Its Namesake | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

Warning that disregard for human rights is undermining the Middle East peace process, Palestinian lawyer and founder of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Raji Sourani accused both Israel and the Palestinian Authority of violating civil rights in a somber speech Sunday afternoon at the Unitarian Church in Harvard Square...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speaker Discusses Civil Rights in Middle East | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...handle on what sorts of grievances are out there, I decided to ask around. I even e-mailed some friends. "What is your chief concern/comment about The Crimson?" Here are some selections from the responses I got, ranging from the somber to the aggravated to the disdainful...

Author: By Kaustuv Sen, | Title: Reader Representative | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

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