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Monarch envy: Are Yanks royally missing out?
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As their compatriots prepare to carry on with lavish Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Her Majesty, Britons on this side of the pond explain to Americans why the queen and royal family remain among the crown jewels of the United Kingdom’s national identity.
The man who helped Chuck Brown bust loose
Logan Westbrooks helped Brown climb the charts in 1979 with the godfather’s signature anthem “Bustin’ Loose.”
No Queen? What are Americans missing?
We asked British people based in our nation’s capital to explain what Americans are missing by not having a royal family.
Another wedding? Ugg!
From ‘bridal Uggs’ to ‘wedding fatigue,” signs of the season for matrimony are on full — and excessive — display.
Who sang it best: ‘I Dreamed a Dream’
Anne Hathaway’s rendition of the famous song has won her mixed praise.
A family saga shaped by wars
Jo Baker’s “The Undertow” pulls a multigenerational, working-class clan through 20th-century tumult.
An orchestra in a chamber mood
The BSO hit all the grace notes with its program of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven at Strathmore Hall.
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Martin Luther King Jr., the columnist
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Sister wants to skip out on wedding
Bride should tell her bridesmaid sister that choosing to leave her wedding early to attend a dance recital is incredibly hurtful.
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Fiance’s distrust is a bad omen
Woman needs to face the ugliness her jealous fiance has spewed, learn from it and leave.
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Love triangle looms over this circle of friends
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A birthday imposition?
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Braggarts flood her news feed
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2012 Post Hunt
Our day of brainteasing puzzles returns for a fifth year! Join Dave Barry, Tom Shroder and Gene Weingarten and thousands of others in downtown Washington, D.C., on Sunday, June 3.
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