Royal history returns on eve of jubilee (From Bucks Free Press) - Bucks Free Press
28 May 2012, 3:00 am
Then 18 years old, she was one of a number of upper class young women to meet the reigning monarch. Now, on the eve of the jubilee celebrations, the items, including a pink satin sleeveless ball dress, will go on display at Stonor Park. It was a tradition ...

Suspense, visionary, young adult novels; 2012 Christy finalists - Examiner
27 May 2012, 6:46 pm
"Pattern of Wounds" by J. Mark Bertrand (Bethany House, 2011) The brutal stabbing of a young woman in an upper class neighborhood of Houston has homicide detective Rooand March confused. If he didn't know better, he would suspect the killer is ...

New flight service oozes innovation - The Vancouver Sun
26 May 2012, 4:32 pm
From the mood lighting of subtle blue, purple and pink in its first-class cabin service, Upper Class, to the deep purple seating in Premium Economy (the middle-cabin service it hails as Virgin's invention two decades ago) and red of Economy, Virgin's hues ...

Peter McKay | Gas grill industry is sneaky - myrtlebeachonline.com
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
I almost took up golf. But last week, I went out, opened the shiny metal lid, and found the decayed remnants of what used to be my upper class grill. The Titanic is in better shape. Grill companies do this, of course, on purpose. It’s a ...

Costumes help tell the tale of Noel Coward's 'Private Lives' - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
25 May 2012, 10:06 am
Written in 1930, Noel Coward's comedy inhabits the chic upper-class world of British socialites who have the time, money and enthusiasm to pursue an elegant life of travel, dressing and entertaining. "Private Lives" begins in a chic French beach ...

The origins of the Saucepan Revolution - montrealgazette.com
25 May 2012, 9:16 am
The first “cacerolazo” – cacerola meaning stew pot, and “azo” added for emphasis – took place in Santiago in 1971, when middle- and upper-class women began to bang on their pots and pans in front of their homes to protest shortages ...

How will an exiled King living in New York adjust to the normal life? - Examiner
24 May 2012, 10:18 pm
During his stay in New York, he meets the local upper class and becomes a sort of a t.v. celebrity due to his royalty status and a living curio. But the King's views about politics and wealth change when he meets an idealistic young boy (played by his son ...

Guatemalan ex-attorney general arrested - Chicago Tribune
24 May 2012, 3:01 pm
Carlos de Leon Argueta, who served as attorney general from 2002-2004, was detained at his home in an upper class neighborhood in the capital. Prosecutors allege that Argueta transferred about $250,000 in government funds intended for the ...

IN FOCUS: Virgin Atlantic has high hopes for revised Upper Class - Flight Global.com
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
Virgin Atlantic boss Steve Ridgway could be excused for feeling bitter or discouraged after failing to convince European competition regulators that International Airlines Group, parent of arch-rival British Airways, shouldn't be allowed to buy BMI from ...

Is Mitt Romney too ‘narrow’ in his view of America? - Washington Post
19 May 2012, 10:13 am
Evangelicals, by the way, are not predominantly upper class. They are more likely to view themselves as besieged group than as part of a ruling elite. And they have a famously uneasy relationship with Mormonism. Which makes it a stretch to say ...