Word: grace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GRACE KELLY GRIMALDI...
Standing before M.I.T. Grad I. M. Pei's radar-domed earth science building, Calder's sculpture has both primitive power and modern grace. Its presence is courtesy of Eugene McDermott, a director of Texas Instruments Inc., who was a college classmate of Calder. But the selection came only after a number of sculptors-including David Smith, Richard Lippold and Jean Arp -were considered. Scholars at M.I.T. tested the Calder design in a wind tunnel, then they buried beneath it a time capsule that included a Betty Crocker cookbook, a Sears, Roebuck catalogue, 1964 coins, M.I.T. memorabilia...
...Medinaceli in the courtyard of his Casa de Pilatos. There she ran full face into the 200 European photographers, reinforced by 50 locals, who were to crowd and jostle the guests and each other throughout the visit. An added chill to the evening was provided by a frosty Princess Grace of Monaco, officially presiding at the ball with Prince Rainier, who was obviously piqued at finding herself completely upstaged...
Lost in the Powder Room. It also be came quickly apparent during the melee after dinner that nobody was in charge of Jackie. The Albas occupied themselves with other guests; Princess Grace disappeared in the powder room; Rainier drifted outside to have a smoke with the Duke of Medinaceli. It was Ambassador Duke who finally took Jackie by the arm and steered her through the throng of 2,500 guests toward one of the antechambers set aside for late-night flamenco. It was so packed that they never did get in. At 2:45 a.m., Ambassador Duke drove her home...
Upon a White Horse. Having weathered the initial storm, Jackie decided to stick it out, and her vacation began to pick up. In Seville's magnificent bullring, Spain's three leading toreros, El Cordobes, Paco Camino and El Viti, all bypassed Princess Grace, offered their hats and first bulls to Jackie in homage. In response, she hastily dispatched a U.S. embassy aide to nearby Moron Airbase for three Kennedy half-dollars, which she slipped inside the hats before returning them. Though she turned away when the picadors lanced the bulls, she watched each pass of the bulls with...