Word: regaling
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...aristocratic atavist, Alfonso never questioned his right to be a king, never ducked his regal responsibilities as he saw them. He had courage. In Paris once, when a bomb meant for him killed two of his carriage horses, he remarked that bombings were "only the risks of a king's business." In small things, too, he followed the aristocratic pattern, was a gourmet, a dandy, a lady-killer, with a pretty taste in motor cars-all with impeccable taste...
Chaperon of the 18 mannequins will be not regal Lady Willingdon but vivacious Mrs. Phoebe Tatton Brown, who was born in Argentina, has been released from a British Civil Service job. She explained that the gowns and hats her girls will wear are not for sale. South American women's-wear houses will be licensed to copy them, providing they agree to do so exclusively in British-made materials. One new British dress fabric the Empire mannequins will show is printed all over with ringing World War II phrases struck off by Prime Minister Winston Churchill...
...Spanish border-and there grandeur began to show. Spanish and German flags crowded each other along the tiny station platform. Shortly after Herr Hitler arrived, another train pulled in. For the first time in four years of collaboration, Herr Hitler met Francisco Franco. The two strolled along a regal carpet, and behind them trailed dignitaries galore-Franco's brother-in-law, Ramón Serrano Suñer, recently made Foreign Minister after a visit to Berlin and Rome; Foreign Minister Ribbentrop; Field Marshals Brauchitsch and Keitel; significantly, the ghost writer of Hitler's pacts, Dr. Friedrich Gaus...
...Earl of Athlone is so regal in bearing that when he looks around he moves the whole top half of his body. He is also exceedingly kindly, and because of his charitable efforts on behalf of two unprofitable British professions has been nicknamed "Prince of Beggars" and "The Midwife's Friend." He is an excellent specimen - almost too good, in days when figureheads are taken to sum up their societies-out of the top drawer of British nobility. A huntin', shootin', fishin' county gentleman, he is not unlike Cartoonist David Low's ultra-ultra-conservative...
...Robert Alphonso Taft discovered last week that viewing-with-alarm, tub-thumping and Pullman undressing had shortened the life of his four all-purpose suits (funerals, weddings, Senate). He acted promptly: in 25 minutes he had enough clothes to carry him through the G. O. P. convention-one pair Regal shoes, black, $5.80; one dark grey, lightweight spring suit...