Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, like everybody else, was house-hunting. Oh, he still had his 80-room castle near Hechingen, but it was "too impractical." He wanted a farm. And he had other worries: his sons. Mused 64-year-old "Willie," who has principally served his country by waiting to be called back to rule it: "You know, the Princes should take up some kind of employment...
...members of the U.S. Education Mission were ushered into a room in the palace where there were no chairs. Everybody stood around awkwardly while Hirohito asked elaborate questions about the weather. Then the Emperor came to the point: Could the Mission recommend an American tutor for the Crown-Prince? Says Chairman George D. Stoddard (now president of the University of Illinois): "I gulped a few times on that one. Then I said, yes indeed, we could all think of someone...
Busy boning up on Japan, Mrs. Vining is also collecting children's classics to take with her. Says she: "I will teach the Crown Prince the stories every American schoolchild knows, stories of Washington and of Longfellow and of American thoughts and ideals. The emphasis will be on a world without war, and nations working together for peace...
...Todd and Florida's Doris Hart-headed for England to play Britain's top women in Wightman Cup competition. The U.S. team blasted Britain's out-of-practice best off the courts in seven straight matches without dropping a set. Betz won the Wimbledon Singles crown, a glory at least equal to the U.S. championship. In Paris three weeks later, Osborne handed Betz one of her few beatings. The Betz Club romped up to Sweden, and played barelegged before 88-year-old tennis bug King Gustav. Then the other club members returned to the U.S., but Pauline...
...Face. Last fall, after three years as national champion, Pauline Betz had her first major setback, from 33-year-old Sarah Palfrey Cooke, who came out of retirement to tournament play. Sarah took the crown away from Pauline at Forest Hills...