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...case, the baby would probably ascend the throne as George VII (the present King was known as Albert when he was a prince). Ebullient Princess Margaret pointed out the only possible drawback to the new name. "Now," she said, "I suppose they'll call me Charlie's Aunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Christening | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

Above three representatives prepare to ascend the slopes at North Conway to ply Radcliffe's new pastime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Probes Ski Boom; Blames Snow, Clothes, Men | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

George II, King of the Hellenes, was back in Greece last week to ascend for the third time his country's throne.* Although he is a third-generation Greek king by birth, the King (full name: George Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg-Glücksburg) still speaks Greek with a heavy foreign accent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Briskly Back from Britain | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Engineer Severud does not go so far as Architect Wright, who thinks that Manhattan buildings should have floors which ascend spirally. Says Severud: "It is inconvenient to live and work on surfaces which are not flat and level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Nature Study | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

Prince Carl Johan of Sweden took a firm step forward in the footprints of his cousin, the Duke of Windsor: the 28-year-old Prince was well aware that he could never ascend the Swedish throne if he carried out his vow to wed Kerstin Wijkmark, 35, a once-divorced commoner and editor of The Weekly Review, a publication specializing in cheesecake and syrup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: In Hitler's Shadow | 6/4/1945 | See Source »

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