She was probably never more herself than when descending the grand staircase at London's Palace Theatre, where she played for two unbroken years, with huge pink plumes bobbing on her head and 20 feet of ostrich feathers slithering behind her.

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It is understood the group were descending from a peak on the south side of the valley, when the slope they were on broke away.

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When the bird was in position, I would give the signal for the team to start descending.

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Sometimes he cannot hold back, and it is when Thailand has endured some of its most painful hours that the King has been most visible, "descending from above, " in the Thai phrase, to exert his influence against the chaos and violence that he loathes.

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