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...SWORD IN THE STONE (Disneyland) is as bright as Excalibur. It is the ageless legend of the exploit by which young Arthur, the humble knight's equerry, became King of England. Arthur is simple of soul and fairly regal in silence, but Merlin is a beguilingly garrulous, absent-minded wizard...
...subtly troublesome. There is the escort problem. The charming partner, or the attractive bachelor she might like to dance with, is not likely to be the man on her arm as the limousine arrives at the theater, or wherever. The fellow in the flashbulbs has to be an old knight in shining armor, such as Adlai Stevenson or Averell Harriman -someone of national stature, mature dignity and no aura of romance...
Benson, a recent recipient of a Fellowship, will be on sabbati leave in England next year, studying English poetic techniques. His first Art and Tradition in Sir Gawain and Green Knight, will be published by University Press this fall...
...however, the English marched north under Edward II to make an end of the wild laird they called "King Hob"-the royal yokel. The armies met at Bannockburn, a village before Stirling Castle. In the opening skirmish, King Robert was caught alone in an open strath, by an English knight who leveled his lance and charged in for the kill. As the Scottish host stared stupefied, Bruce lightly eluded the lance and then brought his battle-axe down with such force that the English knight was split from skull to saddle...
Since Reist was "not the commercial type," Hirst and Geer acted on his suggestion. They formed Blue Knight Enterprises, which, by the middle of the summer, had began a market last of the cigarettes...