Word: royale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Died. Royal Cortissoz, 79, sprightly, bang-haired veteran art critic (the New York Herald Tribune), painting's No. 1 champion of traditionalism ("Cézanne . . . never fully mastered his craft"); of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
...Unjust). In Guard of Honor he not only shows again his fine descriptive talents but boldly tangles with two of the toughest subjects of the day-the nature of war, and racial intolerance. Guard of Honor is a big, fat book-much bigger than Sinclair Lewis' Kingsblood Royal or Laura Hobson's Gentleman's Agreement-bigger, and far better...
Before the war, Tory conferences had been graced by exotically perfumed ladies, gowned as for a royal drawing room. This year, along the wide concrete promenade outside the conference hall, cheaply dressed men & women ambled with the awkward gait of country people unaccustomed to their Sunday suits. But the Conservatives still lacked the common touch. Even ordinary delegates spoke of "they" rather than "we" when they referred to the workers or the "poorer classes...
...James Robb as head of the air forces. In return, French Vice Admiral Robert Jaujard would be head man of the combined Western fleets. French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny would command the land forces. This was a tremendous portent for the success of Western Union; if the Royal British Navy could stomach a French admiral as its theoretical commander, almost anything was possible...
Sweden's King Gustaf, 90, played host to 18 guests at his annual two-day shoot in the royal forest. On the go ten hours a day, the king shot four elk. Score for his guest of honor, Norway's 45-year...