Word: royale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Registering a variety of unregal emotions, members of Britain's royal family-the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother and the Princess Royal-lined the rails at Epsom Downs like the noble nag lovers in My Fair Lady's Act I Ascot Gavotte, watched...
...England "If you can't sing at Covent Garden," rumbled a British opera star, "you damn well can't sing anywhere." The stage floor of London's Royal Opera House sags and some of its scenery dates back to 1908, but the theater's acoustics are still near perfect. This week, slightly faded but resonant, Covent Garden celebrates its 100th birthday in a gala performance for the Queen. The generous birthday package includes extracts from The Bohemian Girl, The Trojans, Peter Grimes, Aida, I Puritani (Maria Callas singing), plus the Royal Ballet's Birthday Offering...
...successor, Mortimer, was chairman of the star-studded Advertising Council from 1947 to 1950, headed the United Community Campaign fund last year. Under him, each General Foods' sales dollar has brought a pretax profit of 10? v. 7? for its chief competitor, Standard Brands (Chase & Sanborn coffee. Royal Gelatin, etc.), and General Foods' stock has risen from $30 in 1954 to $57 last week...
Died. Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson, Baron Webb-Johnson, 77, onetime (1941-49) president of Britain's Royal College of Surgeons, longtime (1936-53) personal surgeon to the late Queen Mary; in London. When the stricken Rudyard Kipling was rushed to the Middlesex Hospital in early 1936, Webb-Johnson operated for a perforated ulcer, but was unable to save the patient...
Wrapped in Conceit. The competition was the inspiration of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Conductor John Pritchard, who feels that there are plenty of young conductors around with more talent than they can shake a stick at. Why not test them with a first-rate orchestra? He invited Cologne-born William Steinberg, conductor of both the Pittsburgh Symphony and the London Philharmonic, to help him judge a contest for musicians under 40. The pair screened 90 applicants, "weeded out all the dilettantes,'' ended with a list of 19 competitors from nine countries. Each had to prepare a repertory of twelve...