Word: alexandra
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...reputation as a sculptor spread, he was commissioned by Edward VII to do the King's mount, Kildare. Then Queen Alexandra introduced him to her barouche horse, Splendor, George V sent around his great Shire stallion, Field Marshal V, and the young gentleman's career was assured. Later, in the U.S., he met and molded for bronze the late Mrs. Payne Whitney's Twenty Grand, George Widener's Eight Thirty, Jock Whitney's Royal Minstrel, Marshall Field's Stimulus, Sir Galahad Third ("You wouldn't turn around to look at Galahad...
...past years, students at Jacob's Pillow had rubbed elbows in an intimate rural way (over dishes and housework) with such greats of the dance as Martha Graham, Alexandra Danilova, Founder Ted Shawn. This year they got a close-up look at another of the foremost U.S. dancers and teachers. Charles Weidman's name was not so well known to the U.S. as some with less talent. Sol Hurok had never ballyhooed him-but the experts will let him dance in their all-America team any time...
...would not have been too surprised. In the daguerreotypes of his heyday, Sir Luke looked like any well-fed Victorian gent, complete with goatee, chesterfield, and top hat. But he was more: a member of England's Royal Academy and a painter of royalty, including Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and George...
Since that day, nearly 21 years ago, H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor has moved two steps nearer the throne, and has learned, among other things, never to yawn in public officials' faces...
Vacationing in sporty St. Moritz, Switzerland, with the international set: Yugoslavia's ex-King Peter and handsome wife Alexandra. They were enjoying a little change from Monaco. Besides, they had had to get out because they could not get their visas renewed...