Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over a decade her name has been little more than a memory borne on the elusive scent of a perfume now made by someone else. Yet, during the 1920s, when Paris was still the uncontested capital of haute couture, the unchallenged queen regnant of Paris fashion was petite, disdainful Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel. A bored, restless, country-bred orphan who fled to the city at 17 with no capital beyond her native Auvergnate shrewdness, Chanel had parlayed a flair for simple elegance into a million-dollar fashion business whose headquarters was the distinctive salon at 31 Rue Cambon, Paris...
...visiting Queen Elizabeth and her entourage, New Zealand was dignified, orderly, altogether like home. Australia, 1,000 miles to the west, was-altogether different...
...Swap of the week: Egypt's ex-Queen Narriman gave permanent custody of little King Fuad II, 2, to his doting father, Egypt's dethroned King Farouk, in exchange for his agreement to divorce...
After a 39-day stopover in New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh boarded the royal liner Gothic while foghorns bellowed and bands tootled. Next stop: Sydney, Australia...
...Queen of it all was Mary Ingalls of Smith, one of 1800 girls lured to Hanover by promises of a good, gay time. Almost none were disappointed. Instead, everyone agreed that this was one of the finest Carnivals in years. The disappointed few probably did not realize what good times they actually...