Word: vii
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...itself on track with a pair of clever cheers against the Big Green. First, when the score was 8-2, "Two, four, six, eight, our team is really great. Two, two, two, two, humiliating, isn't it?" Second, a few moments later, "I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, we want more!"...The second assist on Fusco's record-breaking goal went to Blair. It was the goalie's second career assist. 2400 saves and two assists. ECAC STANDINGS Team W L T GF GA Overall Harvard 7 1 0 58 25 7-1-1 Vermont...
...Queen said she would like to avoid "an Edward VII situation," referring to her great-grandfather, who had spent much of his life ogling ballerinas and sipping champagne before Queen Victoria's death belatedly brought him to the throne at the age of 59. "It might be wise," said the Queen, according to her biographer Robert Lacey, "to abdicate at a time when Charles could do better." Said Philip jokingly: "You might be right. The doctors will keep you alive so long...
...Edward VII the sole example of a prince who spent most of a lifetime in waiting. George IV was 58, and his daughter already dead, when he finally became King in 1820. His younger brother, William IV, was no less than 65, and both his daughters dead, when he reached the throne in 1830. Some famous heirs never reached it at all. Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, who conquered the French at Poitiers in 1356, lived to be 46 without succeeding his father, Edward...
...Royal-watcher knows that there's more to these ceremonies than meets the eye. Ascot a horse racing festival created by Edward VII, gives most of the family a hefty dose of boredom. They all have to indulge the Queen's love for the ponies. Prince Philip, forcing a smile for the crowds, conceals a radio in his top had to listen to a cricket match, before disappearing backstage to catch up on work. Princess Diana complains about having to go. The Queen Mother slyly slips two pounds to a footman to wager on a horse. If the steed wins...
West moves these characters gracefully through a cross section of English life in the early 1900s. A few days after the death of Edward VII, the Aubreys endure a strained luncheon at the magnificent London house of Mr. Morpurgo. The fault is not his but his haughty wife's, who, Rose notes acidly, "made war on ease by every word she said." The young Aubreys come away convinced that Mr. Morpurgo will seek a divorce. Their mother is shocked at the notion: "Divorce! You are too young to utter the word, and there is no reason why you should...