Word: queen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sound & Straight. The point that impressed me at the wedding was the tremendous virtue and integrity personified by Queen Mary. She walks slowly with the slightly bent posture of an old lady (she is 79), and yet she seems to be as sound as a rock and full of quiet dignity. Like any charming oldster, Queen Mary has developed some pleasing eccentricities. For instance, she always rides in the forward jump-seat of her Daimler, coupling an old-fashioned inclination to see where she is going with an equally old-fashioned desire to sit up straight. And her unswerving devotion...
When it came time for the King and Queen and Princesses to leave the wedding, they all retired from the presence of Queen Mary with impressive respect. The Princesses exhibited great deference to their grandmother, executing careful curtsies...
...Tate Gallery, the King and Queen appeared alone to open an exhibit of U.S. art. Instinctively my attention was first attracted to the Queen. She was not beautiful, and she was not wearing a spectacular getup. It is just that she is the real star of the team...
...moves with the unself-conscious ease of a person who knows she is alone in a room and won't be disturbed. When someone is talking to her, she concentrates completely on what he is saying, despite any & all distractions. During all the time I watched her the Queen maintained a remarkable expression on her face-as if this was an experience she had been awaiting months, and it had turned out better than she hoped...
ABOARD THE U.S.S. MT. McKINLEY OFF BIKINI--Vice Adm. W.H.P. Blandy today pronounced the Queen Day rehearsal of the atomic bomb test a success despite a series of attending mishaps, and sent a fleet of small boats into Bikini Lagoon for a full-dress radiological safety exercise involving several hundred...