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...country lass from Scotland. Every August she repaired to her home at the Castle of Mey on the coast of northern Scotland. There she loved to listen to her collection of bagpipe records, to don waders and go fishing for salmon with Prince Charles or simply to tramp through the rain, chatting with the locals...
Elizabeth, the Queen Mum, never ceased to think of herself as a country lass from Scotland. She spent each August at the Castle of Mey, listening to her bagpipe records and fishing for salmon with Prince Charles. Sometimes she would simply tramp through the rain, chatting with the locals. Once, it is said, she noticed a farmhand struggling to herd his lambs into a pen. Instantly she clambered over a stone wall to help out. It seemed, she later said, the neighborly thing...
...Homecoming, for instance, a woman controls her patronizing husband and his lecherous family by becoming a high-class hooker. The Caretaker depicts a three-way conflict between a tramp and the two brothers who take him in. Pinter's most recent play, Celebration (also at the Lincoln Center Festival), features an oblique struggle for dominance between two sets of diners in a restaurant - yet you never know precisely why they are competing. The stakes are never obvious in Pinter. Characters' true meanings are always hidden between and behind the words. A simple invitation to sit down can become a dangerous...
...McVeigh prepares for his execution on May 16, the militia movement that identified with his anti-government rage is dying off too. The last presidential election robbed the movement of two of its favorite villains: Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno. Now middle-aged men who used to tramp through forests in fatigues and war paint are back in front of their TVs sipping beer and watching the game. Nationwide, the number of active militia groups has plummeted, from a high of 858 in 1996 to 194 last year, according to figures from the Southern Poverty Law Center...
...movies used to mean "not good enough for theaters." But lately that hasn't been the case with children's films. Kids eager to see more of familiar characters from such hits as The Lion King and The Little Mermaid can find them in sequels, including Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (released last week) and Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie, which spins the TV series into a full-length extravaganza...