Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London's Olympia and Earl's Court arenas, and in Birmingham's Castle Bromwich), $40 million worth of goods from 3,000 busy factories were on proud display. Nothing was spared to impress thousands of foreign buyers who dropped in to see the wares. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary appeared and smiled benignly on the bustling scene. Under fluorescent lights, on 26 miles of counter, lay samples of nearly everything Britain produces-from jewelry, and tennis rackets strung with nylon, to men's suits made of plastic fabrics and dolls that could take a swig from...
...Princess Elizabeth, 23, appointed a new lady-in-waiting to fill a vacancy caused by illness. Among the neophyte's traditional duties: handling the royal purse (British Princesses never carry cash...
...catching on as a single. His brashness, coming from a gawky kid with loving-cup ears, struck most people as intolerable. But Milton and Mom persevered. When he was 21, illness made a vacancy at the New York Palace, vaudeville's top spot, where he had played with Elizabeth several times. An agent booked Milton at $750 a week and discreetly vanished on a cruise. But Milton "fractured 'em," ran for seven weeks and won a firm hold as a headliner...
Princess & Punch. With the muscular but metronomic beat that Bostonians have come to know well in 20 years, Conductor Fiedler launched into a lively program that began with the Princess Elizabeth march, by Britain's Eric Coates. At the end of each number, instead of going offstage, he took a seat in front of his cellos and beamed while waitresses collected orders at the crowded tables-for beer, wine and the purplish lemonade known as "Pop Punch." When the applause was insistent, he signaled for an encore from more than 400 numbers that he keeps on tap. On opening...
Swimming: letters: Grace Anthony '49, Virginia Gossard '49, Valentine Loring '52, Patricia McMillin '50, Elizabeth Moses '51, Martha Sherich '51. Numerals: Alice Blum '52, Elinor Gossard '51, Cherry Merit...