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...employee at a Windsor Street clinic reported that a man entered, demanding service. When she explained to him the clinic's procedures, he became angry, saying "If I ever see you in the street, I'll kill...
While every newspaper and journal fawns over Diana and the House of Windsor [WORLD, Sept. 7], it may be wise to remember that many British subjects do not care for the monarchy. I would be overjoyed if the ridiculous practice of primogeniture were to cease with our current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. I also would be grateful to hear from people who support this system. Perhaps they believe in the inherited status of doctor, lawyer or journalist. More than 200 years ago, patriot Thomas Paine, born an Englishman, advised the people of America of our flawed system of government. MARK...
...double blow from learning-disabilities laws: not only is their learning in mixed classrooms often compromised, but they are also barred from reaping the benefits--small-group instruction, protection from discipline, extra time on standardized tests--afforded the learning-disabled students. That frustrates principals like Mary Gordon of Windsor Elementary School in Des Moines. There, learning-disabled first-graders who have trouble with reading get pulled out for periods of the day to attend a small-group session with a tutor; meanwhile, the sizes of the two regular classes swell as high as 28 or 29. "Why not make...
...modern, the very territory the princess had staked out for herself. Says Harold Brooks-Baker, the publishing director of Burke's Peerage, a guide to all that is officially noble in Britain: "It's extraordinary that the person who in life did the most to destroy the House of Windsor in death has done the most to preserve...
...bucking some 800 centuries of tradition, she has also agreed to do away with primogeniture (in which the eldest son receives the title in favor of an older daughter)--not that the move affects her son or grandson. In April she hosted a star-studded, 650-guest party at Windsor Castle attended by Joan Collins and Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor--the sort of celebrity fest that has become a staple of 10 Downing Street in the Blair era. Photographers may now take pictures of Her Majesty at work several times a week. There is even an impressive palace website, complete...