Word: royalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned to face her audience. Younger men in the audience eyed appreciatively the girl's dark eyes, her rich red-brown hair and café au lait complexion. But many orthodox Moslem traditionalists just stared wide-eyed, stunned and aghast at the appearance in public of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Aisha, eldest daughter of His Majesty the Sultan-17 years old, unveiled and unashamed...
...Morocco's women recognized these words for what they were-a call to shake off an age-old bondage fastened on them in the name of Mohammed and perpetuated by generations of mullahs (teachers). Taking courage from this display of feminist leadership and example from the royal family itself, thousands of women all over the country forthwith cast aside their veils and began talking briskly of emancipation...
...drive toward emancipation that Aisha had launched was not to be denied. Letters from Moroccan and other Moslem feminists poured in on her; so did delegations of well-wishers and counsel seekers. She larded her speeches and pronouncements with action-some of it high, heady and maverick for a royal princess. She drove her own car, rode horses, bareheaded and astride, showed up frequently at the public beach in Rabat for a plunge in the surf. Aisha became a national heroine just by existing...
...those who wrote for The New Yorker, says Thurber. "He nursed an editorial phobia about what he called the functional: 'bathroom and bedroom stuff.' Years later he deleted from a Janet Planner 'London Letter' a forthright explanation of the nonliquid diet imposed upon the royal family and dignitaries during the coronation of George VI. 'So-and-so can't write a story without a man in it carrying a woman to bed,' he wailed. And again, 'I'll never print another [John] O'Hara story I don't understand...
...meteorological firm which assured the paper that the Windy City would remain calm for the operation. In case of traffic tie-ups at the drawbridges, two big speedboats were standing by to haul light equipment across the river. The move went as smoothly as an enchainement in a Royal Ballet Swan Lake. By the time all 44 Linotypes (cost: up to $20,000 each) had been uprooted and replanted, the Sun-Times was able to boast that the titanic transfer had not delayed its press runs a single minute...