Word: christinaity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago all The Netherlands was thrown into an uproar by the disclosure (TIME, June 25, 1956 et seq.) that Queen Juliana had called upon a lady faith healer to restore the sight of her fourth daughter, Princess Maria Christina (nicknamed Marijke). There was talk of the faith healer's insidious influence over the Queen; there were even reports that Juliana and her consort. Prince Bernhard, were so divided on the princess' care that they were considering divorce. But the Queen banished the healer, the furor subsided, and, acting on the advice of physicians, the royal couple decided...
...soxer daughter Nancy, 17, whom his scripters described as having the "sweet, cool disposition of a strawberry soda." Says Frankie: "A bit of show-business exposure goes a long way toward developing poise and self-confidence." Coming up on future Sinatra songfests: Frank Jr., 13, on the piano, and Christina, 9, in a dance...
Born. To Billy Pearson, 37, pint-sized jockey, TV quiz wizard (The $64,000 Question), passionate art collector, and Queta Pearson, 38: a daughter, their first child; in San Diego. Name: Maria Christina. Weight...
...whose brainy young scientist-businessmen sit in air-conditioned offices sipping coffee and chalking abstruse formulas. One of the fruits of their doodles-a new family of miniaturized electronic components to do much of the work of standard vacuum tubes-so fascinated Business Researcher Claudine Tillier and Picture Researcher Christina Pappas, who worked on this week's cover story, that they turned two tiny diodes into a pair of unusual earrings (see cut). For what the electronics men themselves do with their new diodes, and where they hope to go from here, see BUSINESS...
...birth came as a surprise, since zoo officials knew that Christina was pregnant, but had little idea what a gorilla's gestation period is (in Christina's case it proved to be 259 days). Thomas dropped the egg and stepped into the cage. "I wasn't thinking of anything but the baby," he explained later. But Christina, who had probably given birth only three minutes earlier, was too dazed to attack him. She scurried into a retreat cage, and Thomas closed the door after her. Then he rushed with the baby to the zoo kitchen and removed...