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Think of Lautrec and you think, first, of line -- graceful, nervous, stabbing out to kill from behind a screen of negligent-looking spontaneity. His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel. When his poster Queen of Joy, 1892 -- advertising a now forgotten novel by Victor Joze -- with its mordant image of the courtesan kissing the fleshy nose of a fat banker, went up on the walls of Paris, a pair of stockbroker's clerks were sent out to tear down every one they could find...
Prime Minister Paul Keating started it, that's for sure. First he violated protocol by putting his arm on Queen Elizabeth's back during her visit to Australia last week. Then he hinted that the country might become a republic, which would end the Queen's role as head of state...
...career begins in the open class. Thecat receives one point for each cat it defeats ina show; 100 points make it a champion. Championscompete against each other and reach grandchampion status with 200 victories. The mostcoveted honor of all is the Distinguished Merit,bestowed upon that queen who bears five grandchampions and the stud who sires...
...queen is crowned: America's Kristi Yamaguchi...
...more since. A coach took over in Tonya's teen years, but the girl rebelled and entered what has been an off-again on-again marriage. That alone makes her unusual. So deep is their dedication that many female competitors could be called the Skating Nuns. A married Ice Queen is a very rare creature indeed...