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...borders is a provocative act that proves the West's cold war mentality is still very much alive [WORLD, July 14]. How would Americans feel if Russia entered into a broader military alliance with Mexico and stationed troops and equipment south of the Rio Grande? JOHN J. MOELAERT Victoria...
...going through such a period of growth that everything is changing," said Victoria Budson, executive director of the Women's Leadership Initiative, which hosted its first international conference this...
ECONOMIC BACKDROP At 18, a girl named Victoria became Queen of England in 1837. Her 63-year reign, the longest in British history, spanned an era in which the country became the world's richest and most powerful. Colonial expansion reached its zenith; Britain ruled about 25% of the world's lands and population...
This might be a Gaslight-style melodrama. Mrs. Brown, though, is a true story, about Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and her long grief after Prince Albert's death. When her intimacy with Brown (Billy Connolly) becomes known, demands to abolish the monarchy ring through Parliament, forcing Prime Minister Disraeli (Antony Sher) to call on Brown. Her Majesty must be coaxed out of hibernation and back to her people...
...stubbornness masquerading as principle. It also provides a field day for some wonderful actors too little seen on this side of the Atlantic. Sher is a wily, puckish delight; and Dame Judi, her face clamped in anguish, radiates the stern ecstasy of grief. This queen of English understatement embodies Victoria's belief: that mourning is the only way survivors can consummate their love for the dead...