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...that ever since six of London's tabloids began hounding him mercilessly. Burell's real crime: selling his story to another paper. Two weeks ago Burrell was riding a wave of public sympathy. His trial for stealing 310 of Diana's items, from handbags to photos to a ceremonial sword, collapsed when Queen Elizabeth recalled that shortly after Diana's death, Burrell had confided to her that he would hold some of Diana's things for safekeeping - proving he had no criminal intent. As commentators picked over the carcass of the case, Burrell was portrayed mostly as the victim...
...into," he says. He's telling the truth, but shrewdly - his warning is a not entirely unintentional come-on to older teens and young adults who thought the last Potter film skewed too young. In the posters for Chamber of Secrets, Harry looks intense, and he's holding a sword. It's an image designed to appeal to older audiences - the same moviegoers who embraced that other fantasy franchise launched a year ago, Lord of the Rings. The competition between Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter - the sibling rivals of the AOL Time Warner corporate family - is intense. Last...
...look at rare rainbow-colored clouds. On this hill, we enacted elaborate pageants for Michelmas, a feast day the rest of the world forgot in the middle ages. The whole school watched a vast papier-mâché dragon, animated by the entire sixth grade, vanquished by sword-wielding first graders...
...these rooms, hung with wreaths and watercolors, we learned to add and subtract with translucent jewels. When we got to multiplication, we were crowned knights of the three-times table by a tap on each shoulder with a wooden sword...
...bearing Charles' crest, more than 3,000 photo negatives stored in a carrier bag, including some of the young princes William and Harry in the bath, a letter Charles sent Diana on their 13th wedding anniversary "with lots of love," a computer disc detailing her personal accounts, a ceremonial sword, "One Lilac Dress with Beige Hanger and Cellophane Dust Cover," 13 cards and letters that "Mummy" wrote William, including one that begins "My darling Wombat." The bric-a-brac of the dead is always sad. That Diana's was picked through in a courtroom full of tabloid reporters taking shorthand...