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...prince from Norfolk to Washington, where he was met at the airport by a full turnout from the Spanish embassy, headed by Royalist Ambassador Joseé Maria de Areilza. Also on hand was Newshen Win-zola McLendon of the Washington Post and Times Herald, who was all in a dither as she asked Juan Carlos what he thought of American girls. "Oh, very pretty," replied the prince gallantly. Winzola gushed later that his blue-green eyes had not only a twinkle, but "the LONGEST, CURLIEST lashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Royalty Afloat | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

...Moslem and Druse dignitaries, and members of the diplomatic corps (who kept their hats on like their Israeli hosts). There were even some English ladies in picture hats-guests of Benefactor Wolf-son-bobbing like exotic flowers in the wilderness of beards and black hats, and they caused a dither of commotion among the ushers when they refused to be seated in isolation at the back of the hall, insisted on accompanying their menfolk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: HQ for Judaism | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

DeGuglielmo stated that a deadlock had arisen and that the C.C.A. had not been able to come up with a strong contender. "I do not want to keep the citizens of Cambridge in a dither by being party to any such deadlock," he said. He added that Cambridge had been ridiculed for its lengthy mayorality elections...

Author: By Blaise G. A. pasztory, | Title: McNamara Elected Mayor With Some CCA Support | 1/7/1958 | See Source »

...noted, the public has been thrown into its annual dither by the 1958 automotive barges. This reaction seems particularly inappropriate in view of our current technical and political lag behind the chromeless Russians. It is high time to reappraise ourselves in the light of the world around us, with a little less emphasis on bubble windshields and fins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 25, 1957 | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...chartering of joint organizations and the Administrative responsibility for them also have the committee in a needless dither. Perhaps its members are forgetting to make a clear distinction between joint organizations which may be formed in the future and existing Harvard activities which decide to extend full status to Radcliffe members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Urge to Merge | 10/10/1957 | See Source »

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