Word: queene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ardent winter sports fan, Princess Fawziya reportedly fell in love with the Crown Prince during a holiday trip to Switzerland two years ago. Like modern-minded young Queen Farida she wears the veil, in deference to Moslem custom, but lets it hang loosely about her neck...
...Mary, Queen of Scots, was the first woman to play golf...
...modern deck of playing cards dates back to Queen Elizabeth's day-the four kings pictured are David, Alexander, Caesar and Charlemagne...
Today, Paderewski's once-golden, once-silver mane is grey and thinning at the top. But he still sports the oversized, low, soft collars and droopy ties that he wore in the time of Queen Victoria. Watery-eyed and frail, but still erect as a ramrod, he now walks with the aid of a stick. Still a natty and very individual dresser, he prefers striped trousers and a white vest for daytime wear. Though his manner in conversation is kindly, dignified and somewhat remote (he speaks English without trace of an accent), his eyes can still flash like...
...only a logical outgrowth of this attitude that the press retaliated by arousing prejudice against the University. However, this was not prompted by mercenary motives but was rather the result of misunderstanding. Harvard shunned publicity like a temperamental movie queen, and found, in so doing, that it was inviting animosity. But with the appointment of Mr. Ryan, conditions steadily began to improve. He saw to it that the press was received well and given the necessary information. For the past few years, his work has been taken for granted; but then it involved a radical change in, policy, and later...