Word: london
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...list of "Unbest" Dressed Men, London's Man About Town magazine predictably named two iridescent outlanders -Elvis Presley and Liberace-and not too surprisingly added a member of Britain's Establishment, chronically rumpled Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. But one nominee was as shocking as plaid socks with a dinner jacket: the Duke of Windsor. The editor's appraisal: "I'm afraid he's got older, and fashion is really a young person's thing. Maybe it's the influence of the Western Hemisphere...
...first time since 1920, the Harmsworth Cup, symbol of world supremacy in powerboat racing, left the U.S. as Canada's Miss Supertest Ill, owned by Jim (Supertest gasoline) Thompson of London, Ont, defeated Maverick, owned by Phoenix Millionaire (oil, cattle) Bill Waggoner. In winning the cup, Miss Supertest set a new course record of 104.098 m.p.h...
...bring the results of my father's misdeeds to a happy issue. From that moment, since a doctor was superior even to a father, I resolved to become one." A precocious youth, he made it at 21, emulated his doctor-idol figure by delivering a thousand babies in London slums...
...sexual "play" with a slightly older boy. For Dr. Jones to discuss sex with a little girl struck Edwardians as outrageous, and his hospital promptly fired him. Years later, when Jones wanted to work on World War I's crop of "shell shock" cases, he found that all London hospitals were barred to him because of that incident...
...week's end, the Philharmonic flew off to Leningrad for six concerts, will go to Kiev for four, return to Moscow for three more. Then come Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Italy, Scandinavia, and finally on Oct. 10, London. If the reception is anything like those to date, New York will have trouble keeping the Philharmonic and its maestro at home from...