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...royal couple as they traveled the country. Later, at a cover portrait session Adams discovered that Juan Carlos, himself a dedicated amateur photographer, knew the Pulitzer prizewinner's work from camera magazines. In Brazil, Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand, invited to cocktails with Alexander Karageorgevitch, 30, heir to the nonexistent throne of Yugoslavia, was surprised when the prince talked about living costs and recommended a "wonderful hotel in Spain-for only $8 a night." In Stockholm, Stringer Mary Johnson headed for the palace by subway, fell downstairs smashing her knee. Still, she arrived in time to handle an interview...
Returning to the throne from which his grandfather, Alfonso XIII, was ousted in 1931, Juan Carlos at 38 has the dual task of dismantling nearly four decades of dictatorship while attempting to establish his own legitimacy as chief of state. Unlike his Bourbon ancestors, of whom Talleyrand said, "They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing," Juan Carlos proved a retentive student during his years as monarch-in-waiting...
Both Princeton and B.U., which had been making their annual claims to the 'Cliffe's eastern rowing throne, were silenced after 30 strokes when Radcliffe jumped to an early lead...
...assassination and that Johnson provided it in what was his finest hour. Reaching the presidency on that grim November day was no joy to Johnson, as he explained: "For millions of Americans, I was still illegitimate, a naked man with no presidential covering, a pretender to the throne. And then there was Texas, my home, the home of both the murder and the murder of the murderer. And then there were the bigots and the dividers and the Eastern intellectuals who were waiting to knock me down before I could even begin to stand up. The whole thing was almost...
...most of them have been performed either by U.S. regional opera companies or on television. A lurid tale of murder, intrigue and frustrated love, Ines de Castro builds to a climax in which the demented hero Dom Pedro places the cadaver of his true love Ines on the throne and declares her queen. Stage Director Tito Capobianco has conceived a stunning production that conveys most of the libretto's horror. What is called for musically is the power and sweep of a Verdi, or the psychological insight of a Moussorgsky. Pasatieri Instead has written in a bland, old-fashioned...