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...Queen Mother Nazli of Egypt, Princess Fathia, and sister Princess Faika, visiting in Manhattan, ventured out to a Broadway show. Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires. Next day she got it back; the usherette who found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Heart | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

...Queen Mother Nazli of Egypt, Princess Fathia, and sister Princess Faika, visiting in Manhattan, ventured out to a Broadway show. Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires. Next day she got it back; the usherette who found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 2, 1947 | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

...Like a breastpin torn from a satin gown, the great control cabin was ripped from the body of the ship. One man, Lieut. Anderson, grabbed a girder in mid air, swung himself clear of the falling bridge. Thirteen men were left?13 men in a polished cage slipped through the air. Thirteen mangled bodies in mangled metal lay in a small farm at Ava, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shenandoah | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...attired in a light-blue dress coat, with frosted metal buttons, a white waistcoat and nankeen trousers, with patent leather shoes. He wore round his neck a variegated satin scarf, in the front of which was inserted a breastpin of conspicuous dimensions. Having descended the staircase with a quick step, he entered the apartment where his brother and a few friends were awaiting him. He shook hands cordially with all present, and on being asked how he had slept, answered, "Very well;" and to the further demand as to the state of his mind, he said, "Reasonably happy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAST HOURS OF A SINGLE GENTLEMAN. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

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