Word: onassisism
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Emblazoned on the smokestacks of dozens of ships around the world is a huge white N. It does not, as landlubbers might think, stand for Nicaragua or The Netherlands but for Stavros Spyros Niarchos, 46, a short (5 ft. 7 in.), slim citizen of Greece whose private merchant fleet is...
In the aftermath of Grace's engagement to the Prince (TIME, Jan. 16), the week's actual events were sparse. Grace went back to Hollywood to finish The Swan, a movie about a girl who marries a prince. The Prince went to Florida to take a rest. Shipping...
The summer travel season was coming to an end, but a lot of people were still wingdinging around the world. After dining with Cinemactor Rossano (Summertime) Brazzi, Margaret Truman wound up a ten-day Roman holiday by taking the Paris Express for London, where Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. will put...
At Ascot, in one day, Prince Aly Khan saw his father's filly Princesse Retta beaten in the Queen Mary Stakes, was kicked in the midriff and knocked flat by his own favorite filly, Martine, under the eyes of Queen Elizabeth, later saw Martine finish out of the money...
Laws & Limits. After Onassis had paid up, his ships hastily provisioned and sailed that night. Then the shipowner turned suavely to the insurers and was, he reported, "immediately reimbursed." Moreover, the insurers paid $1,000,000 for the ships' lost time. "My financial status was unaffected by this incident...