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LUIS MIGUEL DOMINGUIN, Spain's best bullfighter, came last week to conquer Mexico. As he appeared in the door of his plane, Dominguin gave the airport crowd a small, arrogant smile and a regal wave. Two burly bodyguards closed in beside him and a motorcycle escort whisked him off to his hotel...
...Virginia Fortune Ryan, 19, daughter of U.S. Industrialist John B. Ryan, granddaughter of the late Banker Otto Kahn, great-granddaughter of Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan; and Lord Ogilvy, 26, heir to the 300-year-old Scottish Earldom of Airlie (two castles, one lodge, 69,000 acres) and onetime favorite escort of Princess Margaret. Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, four other members of the Royal Family and 800 guests witnessed the most glittering Anglo-American union since the 1895 marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Ninth Duke of Marlborough; in St. Margaret's Church, London...
...warrant. Living alone with only a hot plate to cook on, he arises at three each afternoon and breakfasts simply on a boiled egg and warm milk. The business of his day starts at suppertime, when carefully chosen friends knock on the door of his cluttered apartment and escort him to dinner. Last week the Prince reached his 80th birthday, and all France rallied to wish him bon appétit. Some hundred of the nation's most famed restaurateurs and gourmets gathered to share with the master a simple dinner of chicken bouillon, lobster jellied in champagne, spitted...
...order, and the wrangle began anew. Heselton took the podium and threatened to include Puerto Rico in the minority report, a threat which due to lack of time and the great bitterness on the Convention floor never materialized. This argument merged with another--something to do with motorcycle escort for Committee members to Convention Hall--and the Chair adjourned the session amid general confusion...
...eighth bar of the drinking song from Traviata stops him every time; he pauses, squawks angrily, and switches to his favorite tune, Ciribiribin. Between arias, he amuses himself by watching for a pretty girl to come in, then gives a long, deliberate wolf whistle. If the girl's escort looks angrily around, Coco screams with laughter...