Word: snubs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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London's gossips were hot on the scent of a royal snub. "You notice the Duke of Gloucester wasn't there," said one. "And there wasn't a single member of the royal family in the wedding picture," added another, "except, of course, the Princess Royal, and she had to be-being the groom's mother." "Margaret didn't even bother to wear a new dress," sniffed a third, pointing out (correctly) that the Princess' grey lace had made its debut at Ascot a month before...
...Mohammed Baccouche, 69, who proudly wears the cross of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. It was a surprising victory for De Hautecloque. In Tunis, which is normally noisy at night, a rigid curfew kept things quiet except for the barking of dogs and the rumble of snub-nosed Renault riot cars patrolling the streets...
...Surprise Snub. Last year, when oil was struck in Williston Basin, Simon took a direct hand in the railroad. He used Ohio Match's voting power to elect himself to Northern Pacific's board of directors, and began making his presence felt. Simon insisted that Northern Pacific's haphazard way of handling its oil leases be improved, got the board to hire Dallas' famed geologist E. De Golyer (TIME, March 24) to survey the railroad's oil lands, and brought in Standard Oil Co. of California's former assistant vice president LeRoy Hines...
...green 1950 Oldsmobile slammed to a stop beside Lynch's car. Two men with Halloween masks over their faces hopped out, jabbed snub-nosed revolvers at them and barked: "Give us the money. We're not kidding." Lynch and Smith promptly handed over their guns and the moneybags. "What are you going to do when a man pokes a gun in your ribs," asked Smith later...
...disappointment in Washington was his snub by Baptist Harry Truman, who failed to answer repeated invitations to attend the meetings. (Said Billy, "I guess he was just too busy or something.") As a consolation prize, he went to Manhattan last week for an hour-long talk with Episcopalian Douglas MacArthur. "He is one of the most inspiring men I ever met," Billy said. "He is deeply religious...