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Word: astride (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seven years the royal palace in Oslo had been without a woman-ever since King Olav V's youngest daughter, Astrid, married a commoner. But now the King and Crown Prince Harold, 31, will no longer live in lonely masculine splendor. The King has consented to Harald's marriage to Sonja Har-aldsen, 30, the striking blonde daughter of an Oslo clothing-store manager whom Harald courted for ten years. Royalists were soon aflutter over the fact that Sonja, a commoner, will receive queenly rights when Harald ascends the throne. That issue hardly concerned the Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1968 | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...Alden Trophy Giant Slalom Saturday, Radcliffe's Robin Barnes placed third with a running time of 73.6 seconds, behind Kelly Woodbury of Cornell at 71.1 and Astrid Meergans of Simmons with a 73.4-second run. Cliffies Ginny Storrs and Carla Schatz took fifth and eighth places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Skiers Win 2nd Meet Of the Season | 3/9/1966 | See Source »

Born. To Princess Astrid, 30, comely daughter of Norway's King Olav V, and her commoner husband Johan Martin Ferner, 35, a prosperous Oslo clothier: their first child, a daughter; in Oslo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 3, 1962 | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

Born. To Prince Albert of Liege, 28, heir to the Belgian throne; and Princess Paola, 24: their second child, first daughter; in Brussels. Name (after Prince Albert's mother, the late Queen Astrid ) : Astrid Josephine Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola Marie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 15, 1962 | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

...Balenciaga gown and crown jewels, her people liked her best when she donned her nurse's uniform to race to Belgium's floods and recent mine disasters. Today she commands the universal adoration that Belgians have not felt for a Queen since 1935, when their beloved Astrid was killed in a car wreck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Reigning Beauties | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

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