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...very cozy as long as her father remained Duke of York. Then in 1936 came the death of Grandpapa England and the eleven hectic months that ended in Edward VIII's abdication. Feckless little Margaret Rose was disgusted. "Now we'll have to move to the Palace," she said. "And I've only just learned to spell York and now I'm not to use it any more." But Elizabeth's eyes were round and solemn as she spied a letter on the hall table addressed to "Her Majesty the Queen." "That's Mummie...
...high jinks staged by commodity markets last week, the main ring was in Chicago. There, in the most hectic trading in the wheat pit in over five years, the price of spot wheat jumped to $2.50, highest since 1920. This put such a pinch on traders in March futures, i.e., wheat to be delivered before the end of the month, that futures jumped even higher, hit $2.62. Up with them they carried all the other grains...
...Acapulco or bust" cried 80-odd 'Cliffedwelling mermaids this week as they breasted, crawled, and dog-paddled through Radcliffe's annual marathon which kept the Mason Street pool in a state of frenzy for five hectic afternoons. The distance from here to Acapulco was as nothing to the Amazons, since each length of the pool was considered 12 miles...
Surveying the hectic scene of 30-odd men trying for the 16 available slots on the Varsity hockey squad, Coach John Chase has no definite word on which of the pucksters will get the final...
Doused by the traditional toasts in the supply room of the Dillon Field House, John B. Judkins '47 of Dunster House and Piqua, Ohio, was appointed Varsity manager in a hectic post-Yale game atmosphere. The announcement was made to the assembled competitors immediately after the team left the field Saturday by William P. Hall '45 and Robert B. Palmer '47, this season's Varsity co-managers...