Word: equestrian
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...appealing to German nationalism and the past glories of Prussia and Saxony. At least 80 local artists and 400 craftsmen have spent four years and $120 million meticulously restoring the Semper Opera in Dresden, which was destroyed in an Anglo-American fire bombing raid in 1945. The famous equestrian statue of Frederick the Great that graced the Unter den Linden until World War II has returned to its pedestal like an old piece of furniture reclaimed from the attic and restored to its proper place. The sudden fascination with Frederick is the subject of a comedy titled The Prussians...
...that she skips down the mountain; her skis "kiss the snow." Many of the women racers are rather robust, but McKinney, at 5 ft. 4 in., 115 Ibs., is as light as a scarf. The seventh and youngest child of Hall of Fame Steeplechase Jockey Rigan McKinney, and an equestrian herself, Tamara appreciates speed no less than most children of the Kentucky bluegrass, and no less than Mahre. "In the next few years," Mahre said, "skiing might not be such a bad sport for an American who wants to be famous...
That baiter of British snobbery, George Bernard Shaw, once wrote, "An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable." Last week Prince Philip, that imperturbable aristocrat, was certainly uncomfortable. In the U.S. to inspect equestrian sites for the 1984 Olympics and to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about the International Wildlife Fund, he was invited to a soirée at the posh California Club. But the establishment, it transpired, prohibits women and has no black members. Philip's host, Mayor Thomas Bradley, refused to attend. Suddenly the club seemed rather too exclusive even...
Royalty should play royalty, even in a pageant as pedestrian as this. Writer-Director Steven Gethers sketches a triptych of scenes from the life of young Jacqueline ("Not Jackie," as she firmly cautions). At first she is a solemn young equestrian, a pawn in her parents' grim power struggle for her love. Later, she is a budding journalist and the apple of Senator Jack Kennedy's roving eye. The film climaxes with the White House years, when she plays Guinevere in a contentious Camelot, acting as Jack's shy, willful, loving wife and then as his elegant...
...Space Museum, took a trip to Williamsburg, Va., where he received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary, and attended a small dinner party at the White House. During an Oval Office chat with President Ronald Reagan, the conversation quickly turned to horses, reflecting the equestrian passions of both men. The President reassured the future King that despite his recent tumbles, he was in no danger of being put out to pasture. Said Reagan: "When you're riding steeplechase or playing polo, there are going to be times when you and the horse part company...