Word: crowning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...were lucky enough to arrange for U.S. Air Force transports to whisk them from Europe to the Mexican border-a press-dodging ruse for which they paid the U.S. $2 more than two first-class commercial fares. Then, after eight days' honeymoon-hiding from reporters, The Netherlands' Crown Princess Beatrix, 28, and her German bridegroom, Clous von Amsberg, 39, were at last chased down by a crowd of photographers as they arrived on the little Mexican island of Cozumel. The royal couple promptly went into seclusion again at the villa of former Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos...
...Amsterdam was agog as the banner with a heart and crown went up across Kalverstraat, the city's Fifth Avenue. And huisvrouwen goggled from their windows at open-topped limousines bearing 300 royal guests through town for a little prenuptial sightseeing at the Rijkmuseum and the city's famed diamond-cutting centers. Europe's wealthiest reigning family, the 400-year-old House of Orange, was about to marry apple-cheeked Crown Princess Beatrix, 28, to West German Diplomat Claus von Amsberg...
...break both arms, both collarbones, both legs (one of them five times), both feet, two vertebrae and most of his ribs. To the fans, Longden is known as "The Pumper" (for his style of riding) and "The Fox." He is the jockey who rode Count Fleet to a Triple Crown in 1943, who drove Noor to four straight upset victories over the great Citation in 1950, and who by last week had won 6,032 races-692 more than any jockey who ever lived...
...Married. Crown Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, 28, oldest of Queen Juliana's four daughters and heir to the throne; and Claus von Amsberg, 39, former West German diplomat; in Amsterdam (see THE WORLD...
...then a so-so jockey on half-mile outlaw tracks, Mr. Fitz hit his stride by the mid-'20s when he became head trainer at Bel air Stud Farm and the Wheatley Stable, then over the years saddled such greats as Johnstown, Nashua, Bold Ruler and Triple Crown Winners Omaha and Gallant Fox, winning a total of 2,275 races and $13,082,911 (his cut: 10%). Until he retired at 88, stooped (from arthritis) and snowy-haired, he still shuffled among his charges, softly scolding fidgeters with a light tap of his crutch and explaining to visitors, "They...