Word: devis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time when Bogor Palace was a fun place. Indonesian President Sukarno would sweep in triumphantly from a hot-lipped harangue in downtown Djakarta, pull the black Moslem cap of leadership from his balding head, toss aside his girdle, and relax in sandals and slacks with his lovely Japanese wife Devi. The legion of servants, the carefree dinners, the delight of being on top -all of it made Bogor a pleasure dome beyond compare. Not any longer...
...recently divorced wife, and she had broken into his house. "She started pulling the girl's hair out," drawled Brando. "I let her do it. I thought it would be good for her to get it out of her systern." Now Brando wanted to get their son, Christian Devi, 6, out of Anna's hands and was fighting her in a Los Angeles court for custody of the boy. Under crossexamination, Marlon readily admitted that both Anna and his second wife, Mexican Actress Movita, were pregnant when he married them, and that he also...
When le Chef greeted Princess Bopha Devi, 21, star of the visiting Royal Cambodian Ballet at the Paris Opera, with "You have a very beautiful costume, Mademoiselle," the daughter of Prince Norodom Sihanouk tittered prettily. Proud Papa, however, smiled, "My daughter has two children!" "Mademoiselle" was not le mot juste, but De Gaulle was right about the costume, which weighed 35 Ibs., mostly in gold and precious jewels, with a 6th century headdress valued...
...antique urn that he bought for a gift, he has uncorked a fat green djinni, waiting to get out and wield magic. Randall's djinni happens to be Burl Ives, who complicates a routine romantic farce by conjuring up slaves, seneschals, dromedaries, elephants, a shapely blue djinniyeh (Kamala Devi) and a tonic belly dancer (LuLu Porter). Soon, of course, Randall has to explain all the whimsical phenomena to his fiancée, Barbara Eden. This chore convinces him that nothing that comes out of the Bottle is worth what goes into it. He's quite right too. Audiences...
SOUTHEAST ASIA The Prince & the Dragon (See Cover) It was a great party. After the French champagne and the Viennese waltzes came Bopha Devi, prima ballerina of the Royal Cambodian Ballet. Sinuous and shimmering, dressed in green and gold, she danced a ritual dance in bare feet. When she accidentally dropped her ring, a woman servant slithered across the parquet floor on her belly to pick it up lest Bopha bruise herself...