Word: doe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great-great-grandson of King Louis Philippe. As the Bourbon-Orleéans* pretender to the throne, Henri has spent most of his 41 years hovering in expectant exile just outside the boundaries of France. In 1931 he married Isabelle d'Orleéans-Bragance, the doe-eyed, lovely daughter of a pretender to the throne of Brazil. Fearing that the line might become extinct, Henri's father viewed this further inbreeding of the Orleans clan with some alarm; but in the next 16 years Henri...
...watches an art trying to crawl out of a glass." As for James Chance's "Home is the Sailor," suffice it to say that a combination of James M. Cain ("Mark lit another Camel . . .") and James Joyce (". . . casting a net around Harvard-Yale Andover Exeter Groton Amherst Williams in Doe speramus.") is appalling...
Recently, some of the princes joined Bombay society for one of their last flings. The occasion was the splendid wedding of 19-year-old Prince Karam Singh, heir to the Maharaja of Kashmir, and 16-year-old Princess Yashorajya Lakshmi, doe-eyed granddaughter of the hereditary Premier of Nepal (see cut). The wedding was carried out according to ancient Vedic rites, and lasted all day. In the evening the bride's father gave a huge reception on the brightly lit grounds of his mansion, served rare pates, caviar and native delicacies. Republican India will not see many more such...
...Kids. Other contributors to the Godfrey success story are the "Little Godfreys." Bill Lawrence is a doe-eyed young baritone whose role, says Godfrey, "is to take care of the bobby-soxers in our audience while I take care of the corset crowd." Janette Davis is a nervous, pretty girl with a sexy voice who had her own CBS show before she joined Godfrey. Arthur thinks Janette is "well on her way. She works hard and gets better all the time." Like every other woman who has won Godfrey's favor, Janette is "wholesome." The Chordettes, four plain, pleasant...