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...three glamorous daughters of the late great Surgeon Harvey Gushing. The Duchess of Windsor, who has been at or near the head of every list for the last 15 years, slipped clear down to a tie for tenth place with Musicomedienne Mary Martin. Among the other ten best-dressers: Mme. Henri Bonnet, wife of France's Ambassador to the U.S.; Princess Margaret, Oveta Gulp Hobby...
...Tibet. To such an indictment, the Communist opposition had little to add. But there were both conservatives and socialists who were distressed by the Prime Minister's position. Mme. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit agreed that any U.S.-Pakistan military pact would be unfortunate, but went on to imply a sisterly rebuke to brother Jawaharlal: India, she warned, must not develop a "fear psychosis." If the U.S. was charged with threatening the world, said she, "I am not prepared to believe...
...negotiations with Aramco he had amazed the American oilmen with his quick mind. Matchmakers suggested that Alia and Sultan would make a good couple; Ibn Saud and El Solh's widow agreed. Sultan heeded his father and in traditional Arabic style delicately indicated his wish to Mme. Solh through go-betweens. Unaware of all this, Alia went off to England, then to Paris for a holiday. Quite by chance, Sultan appeared in Paris, too, and inquired around about his bride-to-be. What he heard alarmed him. He hired detectives, who reported that Alia was indeed no strict Moslem...
...newsman last week: "The French people are old. We are very witty, very charming and very intelligent, but we are old and we want to stay quietly by our own fire. The Germans are less charming but they are young-they want to fight, to make love, to possess . . ." Mme. Tabouis was trying to explain why the old, tired French do not want to face the problems of EDC (the European Army project including Germany...
Soon another Frenchman, the multimillionaire proprietor of Le Matin, Alfred Edwards, fell in love with her. The day Misia lunched at his home he left the table too distraught to eat. Edwards' wife berated Misia for upsetting the great man; rather than distress him, Mme. Edwards told her, Misia should become his mistress. Misia was indignant, but Edwards was persistent. For all the world like the heavy in a French melodrama, he lured Thadee Natanson into a disastrous business scheme, then offered to save him in exchange for Misia. The bargain was struck, Misia finally agreed, and after rapid...