Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Born. To Crown Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, 31, and Prince Claus, 43: their third son; in Utrecht...
...arrest and later imprisonment of eight Communist Chinese newsmen by the Hong Kong government following Maoist riots in the British colony. After the eight were freed, Peking announced that Grey would not be freed until 13 more Communist newspaper and news-agency employees were released from jail in the crown colony. The Hong Kong government refused to bow to such blackmail. The men served most of their sentences, and last week, the 13th was finally released. Soon afterward, Grey was taken to the British legation in Peking for a few days of rest before returning to Britain...
...rans. Paul Mellon's wiry three-year-old lost by a neck to the magnificent California chestnut, Majestic Prince, in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. The Prince was favored to take the Belmont Stakes and thereby become the first thoroughbred to win racing's Triple Crown since Citation turned the trick in 1948. But the race was not even close: guided by the steady hand of Braulio Baeza, Arts and Letters whipped Majestic Prince by 5½ lengths...
Then there is a new slogan: "It's the Real Thing"-a none-too-subtle implication that Pepsi, Royal Crown and other competitors are imitators. The slogan will be sung on radio spots by Soul Hero James Brown and the Fifth Dimension, among others. Coke's ad agency, McCann Erickson, has put together some highly imaginative TV commercials featuring still photos of "real life" in the U.S.-Coney Island, farms and hippies...
...crown of glittering and priceless jewels," was Arthur Houghton Jr.'s metaphor. The president of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art was describing a gift that is soon to become part of the Met's permanent exhibits: the art collection of the late Robert Lehman, the investment banker who died in August. It was quite a birthday gift for the museum's 100th anniversary. The value of the greatest bequest in the Metropolitan's history has been estimated to be $100 million, but it is probably much higher; many of the nearly...