Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bathe each morning at 8, in cold water. By that time, he has already been up nearly four hours. He gets up at 4:15, works in his Whitehall Court flat along the Thames Embankment until 6:45. Then he and Isobel walk briskly through St. James's Park. The rest of the day he sticks meticulously to a tight schedule, gives no more than the allotted time (usually 15 minutes) to each interview...
What the Moon Saw. Shortly before midnight, calm had returned to the Arch of Triumph. The moon shone down dully on the litter of broken bottles, rocks, clubs and park railings strewn over the road. Little pools of blood and dirt had collected, here & there, in the gutters. Walking home down the Champs Elysées, where nightclubs were open and operating as usual, I heard a familiar voice near me: "Chauds, les Marrons, chauds!" It was Anatole, back in business. The little men of Paris were carrying on. All over France, the little men, who detest and fear...
...dress. Against a misty background that might have been borrowed from Gilbert & Sullivan's lolanthe, the towers of Westminster stood pale and blue. Before them, brightly uniformed guardsmen strutted to the music of proud tarantaras. Royal Artillerymen in bearskins and tunics heavy with gold fired salutes from the park, while cavalrymen with gleaming, upraised sabers marched jet black steeds. From Buckingham Palace in gilded coaches came Their Majesties, King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth, to open the third session of Parliament under the Labor Government...
...Twisted Knee. Meanwhile, in spite of distractions, the bride had to go on being a princess. It was a big week for Elizabeth. She had found herself a new home, Windlesham Moor in Surrey, to take the place of burned-out Sunninghill Park, and she and Queen Mary spent several mornings rummaging in antique shops for likely furniture...
...Budd drifted back to obscurity on small stations (from Asbury Park to Miami) and to odd jobs (from taxi driving to soda jerking). Last week he turned up in Buffalo, where he started, to audition...