Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The baby was christened Princess Margaret Rose of York. Her grandfather, seagoing George V, was still king. Her Uncle David, then Prince of Wales, had shown no signs of relinquishing his heritage when it came. Even should her father, the Duke of York, become king, there was still an elder...
The first good look the world had of the sisters together was when they stood side by side at their father's coronation, wearing identical robes of royal purple, trimmed with ermine. Reporters, cameramen and radio commentators were fascinated at the sight of six-year-old Margaret yawning, stretching...
Tax-free U.S. colleges and universities make excellent heirs and business partners, as many a businessman has learned. Dozens of colleges own commercial real estate, apartment buildings and factories, some own ranches and farms. New York University gets the profits of the C. F. Mueller Co. (macaroni), while the University...
Bing had been met that March night by Manager Johnson and a little knot of gracious but sharp-eyed Met directors. They apparently liked what they saw: a tall, fastidious man of 47, with charm and a manner of quick, cool decision. At lunch next day, they raised a question...
The Glyndebourne Opera's Rudolf Bing was relaxing in his Manhattan hotel room before returning to London. He had just finished a business errand for Britain's crack opera company; Glyndebourne's U.S. debut at Princeton, N.J. had been set for autumn 1950, and Bing was well...