Word: gothic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a 39-day stopover in New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh boarded the royal liner Gothic while foghorns bellowed and bands tootled. Next stop: Sydney, Australia...
...easy informality of the visitor who is not only Britain's Queen but their own. From the first moment of their welcome in Auckland harbor, when New Zealand yachtsmen by the hundreds braved a spanking breeze in sleek sloops and smart knockabouts to guide their liner Gothic to its berth, Elizabeth and her husband Philip radiated warmth and friendliness. They cut security measures to a minimum so that their subjects could see them close at hand. They went out of their way to arrange a call on one proud Maori chieftain who had been bypassed in the official schedule...
Next morning, after a dawn serenade, the visiting couple attended church, then boarded the liner Gothic. As Queen Salote and her family circled the huge vessel in a government launch, the Gothic steamed off toward New Zealand. When the big white ship was hull down on the horizon, a radio message winged its way back: "We take away happiest memories of Tonga and the great and friendly welcome given us by your people. May Almighty God watch over them...
...13th rector of one of the oldest and oddest Episcopal parishes in the U.S. was conducting the service with which he begins his church's Christmas season. Before him, in the brown Gothic interior familiar to tourists, sat a score of the clergy, his vestrymen, and 1,200 members of the seven congregations of New York City's Trinity Parish...
...could muster few smiles during a late reception at King's House, mansion of the island governor, Sir Hugh Foot, next day made by Elizabeth a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. After three days, embarking for the Panama Canal Zone on the 15,902-ton liner Gothic, the Queen was startled when a dusky Jamaican, impetuously turned Raleigh, tossed his linen jacket at her feet. Ignoring the incident, the Queen walked on. This week, after landing at Cristobal, Elizabeth and Philip spent a busy day inspecting the canal and attending a state dinner given by Panama...