Word: christenings
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...this period, mothers may talk to the fetus (''Let's go shopping today"), and most couples give the baby a name -though Deutscher has found that maladjusted couples may christen it "The Thing" or "The Monster." Both husband and wife have fantasies about their child's personality...
...Newport News, Va., to christen the nuclear-powered guided-missile frigate U.S.S. California, Pat Nixon was left holding the champagne bottle when the ship began slipping down the ways too soon. "There were supposed to be three whistles," she said. "There were only two, and my goodness, the ship was going down into the water." Recovering quickly, the startled First Lady lunged toward the receding bow, smashed the bottle against it, and was splattered with champagne for her trouble. "She did it right," said the pleased Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. "Some sponsors miss...
...former law clerk describes him, "a quiet, serious, somewhat shy man who displays a good sense of humor once you know him." This trait emerges occasionally in mild, improbable pranks, as when his neighbors recently bought a new lawnmower. Haynsworth showed up with a beribboned bottle of Fresca to christen the new machine...
...weeks ago landed its first order for an oilberg, a 250,000-tonner to be constructed for Anglo Norness, a Bermuda-based shipping company. The builder will launch the huge ship in two sections and weld them together in the water. "We don't know which half to christen first," says Ross Belch, a joint managing director. "We're not sure that we can afford two bottles of champagne...
...attention had missed her nap; she ignored the distinguished company and gave vent to lusty cries until she was soothed by her mother and her new godparents, Michael Kennedy, 10, and Mary Kennedy, 9. With calm restored, Ethel Kennedy stood aside to watch New York Archbishop Terence Cooke christen one-month-old Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's eleventh child. ∙∙∙ In June of 1770, midway on his first voyage around the globe, England's Captain James Cook was navigating the Endeavour along Australia's Great Barrier Reef when his ship suddenly grated...