Word: spaniel
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...prison," she tells us. We're well acquainted with the downside of royalty, thanks to the current Windsors' chatty ex-in-laws, but Victoria isn't just whinging. She sleeps in a room with her German-born mother, the Duchess of Kent (Miranda Richardson), has only her spaniel Dash for a playmate and isn't allowed to walk down stairs alone. Her governess, the Baroness Lehzen (Jeanette Hain), is the closest thing she has to a friend...
...developer Benj Clews, even five words are too many. Users submit four-word film reviews to his FWFR.com site--such as "Tense. Intense. In tents" for The Blair Witch Project and "This is Spaniel Tap" for Best in Show. "It's all about the sheer, honest bluntness the format forces," says Clews. But why four words? "Three words never seemed like quite enough," he says. "Five felt like overkill...
...badger, a toad, some snakes and a pig, a bull terrier named Pete who once ripped the pants of a French ambassador. Cousin Franklin's dog Fala had a press secretary, starred in a movie and was named an honorary private in the Army. George H.W. Bush's springer spaniel Millie wrote a book, which sold more copies than the President's autobiography. And then, of course, there was Checkers. Harry Truman supposedly once said, You want a friend in Washington...
...stage satires as the evil genius controlling Blair, Campbell has become, in his own words, "a bogey figure for the media." And now here he is, on his neat patio, dispensing tea and affability. Roses are in bloom and his tiny mother calls cheerily from the kitchen. The family spaniel nestles at Campbell's feet, regarding her master with the sappy devotion critics say Blair lavished on President Bush when he should have bared his fangs at talk...
...Sappho (an American cocker spaniel), Reveur (a Lab) and Zorba (beagle) necked a good bottle-and-a-half each and refused to give up their spots at the front of the bar. Averti, however, was clearly unimpressed with the standard of beverage on offer. The white terrier took a moment to preen her coat as the rest of the pack jostled for position...