Word: arandora
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...females fainted. With the sun blistering down, George V received on his yacht slews of gold-laced admirals, sea-peacocks who arrived in glittering barges, plus the more drab captains of liners sent to the review as "floating grandstands," the Berengaria, Alcantara and Arandora Star. On some of these, British spenders paid as much as $250 per head for the day's outing in a deluxe suite. Snapping their Kodaks, they caught the Victoria and Albert steaming up and down eight lanes of sheer, breathtaking Sea Power. Twenty-one-gun salutes rang agreeably in George V's ears...
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