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