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...14th century, Prince Dom Pedro fell in love with the beautiful Spanish noblewoman Dona Inês. They lived with their two children until one January night in 1355, when Pedro's father, King Afonso IV, fearing that Inês' Spanish brothers were plotting to usurp his throne, had Inê murdered in the garden. When the inconsolable Dom Pedro became king in 1357, he had Inês' body put on the throne and forced the country's nobles to kiss her hand. The lovers remain entombed together in the monastery in Alcobaça, but the spot...
...Black and White went into this season ranked No. 1 nationally, but a loss to this same Tiger squad in their first race—at the Windemere Cup in Redwood Shores, Calif.—dropped Radcliffe from that throne. Now, having defeated its rival, the Black and White looks to regain the top spot...
Ending the weekend in a clean sweep could serve as a confidence-booster as Harvard looks forward to Friday’s matchup with the Brown Bears, a contest intensified because the squads share the throne atop the Ivy Division with matching 4-0 records...
...PRINCESS JULIANA, 94, revered Queen of the Netherlands for 32 years; in Baarn, the Netherlands. Shy and informal--she liked to ride her bicycle in a simple flowered frock--she asked in her 1948 inaugural address, "Who am I that I may do this?" But shortly after taking the throne, she recognized the independence of Indonesia, ending 346 years of colonial rule, and she later helped guide her country through the social upheavals of the 1960s. Juliana's popularity helped the monarchy weather political storms when her husband was accused of accepting payoffs in 1976. Four years later...
...Green freshman center Elise Morrison’s 30-point performance against the Crimson two months ago led many pundits to brand her the heir apparent to Peljto’s throne as the Ancient Eight’s preeminent player. But much of the success Morrison realized in Dartmouth’s overtime victory at Lavietes Pavilion came as a result of Harvard’s unfamiliarity with her game...