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...monarchy faces no immediate danger. Despite the misadventures of her children and in-laws, Queen Elizabeth is widely revered by her subjects. Few, no matter how republican in sympathies, are talking seriously about tossing Her Majesty out after 40 dedicated years on the throne. Enoch Powell, a former Conservative Party Cabinet minister and an authority on constitutional matters, argues that passing blips like the Fergie photographs cannot hurt the enduring power of the crown because Britain "is not governed by something called the royal family. It is governed by the single person of the sovereign...
Some important items from the original show, such as the 12th century ivory- inlaid minbar, or high preacher's throne, from the Kutubiyya mosque in Marrakesh, were also deemed too fragile to travel. When the Spanish authorities refused to lend one of the spectacular amphora-type "Alhambra vases," with its luster glazes and formalized handles like angels' wings, another was lent by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. But even in its truncated form, "Al-Andalus" is not an exhibition to miss...
...Brown hasn't always been a populist. Ever obedient to his creed of flexibility, he has at times defined himself as heir to his father's political throne, as dreamer, environmentalist, rock 'n' roller, pragmatist and technocrat...
...Sperlich, who preceded Iacocca from Ford and developed the K-car line of compact autos that kept Chrysler alive in the early 1980s. Then came financial wizard Gerald Greenwald, also from Ford, in 1979. As Sperlich faded, Greenwald rose to become vice chairman. Just as he was approaching the throne, however, Iacocca plucked another Ford star in 1986, when he hired Lutz as executive vice president...
Though Britons relished Fergie's outgoing nature, they nonetheless expect members of the royal family to behave with dignity. The new duchess could never manage that for long. When the tabloids were not feasting on rumors of marital stresses between Diana and Prince Charles, heir to the throne, they were sniping at Andrew's spouse for her idleness, her "materialism" and, well, her behavior that was Not Quite His Class, Dear -- reproofs that were said to reflect Buckingham Palace's views. Britons high and low agreed: their revered sovereign and her family deserved better...