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Leavis, a loyal soldier in this project of solemnification, pronounced Trollope’s works as “beneath the realm of significant creative achievement” in terms of “the human awareness they promote, awareness of the possibilities of life.”

From Slate • May 30, 2016

On the sound theory that it would never do to appear bareheaded at her coronation, Iran's Empress-to-be Farah Diba, 28, invited five of the world's premier jewelers to design a headpiece for this month's solemnification.

From Time Magazine Archive