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Stiles cleared in his first attempt and watched as Brian Goodman from Washington State and Brian Kimball from Indiana dropped out while Jeff Buckingham made it over on his second...
Both Stiles and Buckingham failed to make the next height, and before 10,000 people, the California co-captain who had cleared 17-ft. 3-in. in fewer tries became the first Harvard student to win an event at the NCAAs since...
What becomes of this embarrassment of riches? A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman, noting that "the gifts are given to the Queen personally, just as she gives gifts personally," said that the jewelry might be worn by Elizabethan a suitable state occasion, such as a return visit by one of her hosts, and that the treasures might be put on display eventually. Some Londoners thought the Queen should auction off the baubles and give the proceeds to charity. After all, the Queen already has one of the world's most awesome collections of personal jewelry...
...year is 1941. Winston Churchill has been executed. The King, rescued from the ruins of Buckingham Palace, is imprisoned in the Tower of London. The Queen and their two daughters are in exile in Australia. Thousands of Britons have been deported to work in German factories. A puppet government is ensconced in Westminster, but the Nazis jackboot the country as roughly as they ran occupied France. In Britain, too, there is a tough Resistance movement, as well as profiteers who will provide any quo for a quid...
...princely parties go, it was rather informal. "Tiaras will not be worn," stated the invitations to the Prince of Wales' 30th birthday ball at Buckingham Palace. As 350 well-connected guests looked on, Prince Charles danced expertly with the members of his favorite pop group, the Three Degrees. His Highness, of course, was inundated with gifts. Among the most unusual was a front-page column devoted to Charles in the London Sunday Times. Because the prince had once complained that newspapers tend to dwell on things that go wrong, the Times printed nothing but the week's good...