Word: naming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charlie's Aunt. The baby's first name "Charles" was picked by Philip and Elizabeth partly for its Scottish associations (although the Stuarts first got it from their French relatives), partly because it was borne by many of Philip's Danish ancestors, and mostly because the young parents just liked it. King George, whose final approval was necessary, gave it without a moment's hesitation, and London's papers promptly dubbed the new heir "Bonnie Prince Charlie...
...case, the baby would probably ascend the throne as George VII (the present King was known as Albert when he was a prince). Ebullient Princess Margaret pointed out the only possible drawback to the new name. "Now," she said, "I suppose they'll call me Charlie's Aunt...
...revolting," said a fastidious diner at a West End hotel. "I simply couldn't stomach horseflesh." And with that she went on spreading her toast with the savory pâté maison which only the trade called by its proper name: processed horse...
Salvador Dali, supersalesman of limp-watch surrealism, honored Madrid with a visit and modern art with an offer of leadership: "My name is Salvador because I am destined to save modern painting from laziness and chaos . . . The world is going through the middle ages, but a renaissance will follow." He would soon be ready to lead that renaissance: "The world's greatest painters were Velasquez and Raphael -every day I feel I am getting closer to them." There was no challenger. Picasso? "Picasso's works are pseudo-decorative and they all look like rugs...
...Western sector of Berlin, the city assembly did some strenuous housecleaning. First they voted to sweep the name of Wilhelm Pieck, pink-faced boss of the city's Reds, from the roll of its honorary citizens. Then they went to work on some moldering skeletons in the back closets. Also wiped from the honor roll: Hitler, Goebbels and Göring. Second-Reich President Paul von Hindenburg survived...