Word: note
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Take this week's cover subject. Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark is a very modern miss from a land of the most advanced institutions and culture. And yet she represents and carries forward the old and now increasingly rare institution of royalty. To strike this note of present and past, Artist Bernard Safran used as the background for his portrait of the pretty young princess part of the heraldic insignia of Denmark's large coat of arms. Its lions passant (walking, three paws on the ground, the right forepaw raised, the head looking forward, the tail curved over...
...refreshing to hear an optimistic note on the New York Fair [June 5] after being bombarded with stories of unfinished buildings, expensive meals, and high admission rates. Sure, it was crowded, exhausting and commercial; but it was exciting, educational, and an experience of a lifetime too. After three 14-hour days, I can't wait to return and see the parts I missed that are shown by your fabulous color pictures...
...come from a well-educated background (my father was a high civil servant), and I do not lack intelligence." To Paris-Presse he sent a sketch of the murder scene that showed the killer ("me") and the boy ("him") in the exact positions Inspector Samson had calculated. An accompanying note said: "Expect another dramatic development." It came when a grey-haired man in his 40s, dressed as a worker, handed Jean-Luc's Bugs Bunny comic book to a ticket puncher...
...Employees. In Washington, New Frontier chieftains were busy spreading the word. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, who had made a faux pas early in the Kennedy Administration when his name appeared on a Democratic fund-raising note to oil and gas industry executives, now sent a memo to all "Heads of Bureaus and Offices" in his far-flung department. The solicitation was part of a "Government-wide campaign," said Udall, adding: "I am sure we are all eager to contribute our share toward this building in his honor. ... As in other campaigns, your chairman should submit a weekly performance report...
...London in 1933 with the hope of increasing international trade by stabilizing the world's wildly fluctuating exchange rates. Roosevelt was experimenting with inflation as a cure for the U.S. Depression and did not want to peg the dollar. He torpedoed the conference (and Hull) with a disdainful note saying the U.S. would not cooperate...