Word: sobersidedness
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Idyl at Soestdijk. To all outward appearances, no ruling house in Europe can boast the solid, sobersided respectability of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau. For an aggregate of 66 years, its last two Queens have reigned with the placidity of huisvrouwen. The marriage of the present Queen Juliana,who...
President Eisenhower's announcement that the U.S. will build unmanned satellites to circle the earth (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) was thrilling news for all space-flight enthusiasts-from space-minded kids to sobersided scientists. Besides appealing to the imagination, the satellite will have genuine scientific utility.
"They're just content to settle down as housewives." Japan's Crown Prince Alcihrro turned 21, enjoyed a rare reunion with his family (court protocol requires that crown princes grow up virtual strangers to their parents), then was off for a round of tea parties in his honor...
Easy Payments, by Ray Doyle (Hermitage; $3), is a soap operetta, and its refrain is that a loan collector's lot is not an easy one. With a baby on the way and a stack of unpaid bills, sobersided Dan Cantrell cannot be choosy about his work. His job...
Eric Linklater, in whose latest novel these uncommon scenes appear, explains with grinning relish. A Scotsman to the brisket, Linklater believes that English M.P.s have treated his native land so stingily that it is time they got a comeuppance. A onetime chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, Linklater also knows...