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Princess Elizabeth was undergoing alterations. The puffs and frills of girlhood were giving way to simpler, more sophisticated (and more slimming) styles; and Designer Norman Hartnell-still mama's dressmaker-was giving way to Molyneux, the very smart Duchess of Kent's stylist...
...said, only a bar of chocolate to offer, this same G.I. always gave it to an old woman, child or starving girl friend. In Nice 20,000 G.I.s came every week for a rest. They were not so "odious or disgusting"; all of them wanted only to see Mama, Daddy, wife or children again. Believe me, they all knew what they were fighting...
...Remember Mama, Show Boat, Annie Get Your Gun. Highest acting honors were foreign and male: Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson for their Old Vic Oedipus and Falstaff. Nimblest female performance: Betty Field in Dream Girl...
...Antonio's clairvoyance spread, all Italy began beating a path to their humble, stuccoed doorway. Rich & poor stand in line outside, week after week, armed with snapshots of lost loved ones; Antonio takes them on at the rate of 40 a day. The poor he admits free, but Mama Costa carefully tots up the "spontaneous contributions" of the wealthier. When Anthony fails to see a vision, he gets furious, rushes out to play until he is relaxed...
Thanks to Antonio, the Costas may soon be able to move to roomier quarters. Meanwhile the hubbub has become too much for Papa Costa, a glass worker. Recently Papa took to disappearing mysteriously. One night Mama Costa blindfolded Antonio and pressed the rivet on his neck. "Where's Papa?" she asked sternly. Antonio caressed his father's photograph for a moment. "In front of a table covered with green cloth," he answered. "He's holding a jack of hearts, a seven of clubs and an ace of spades...