Word: toni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Born. To King Hussein of Jordan, 26, and Muna al Hussein (the former Toni Avril Gardiner), 20, daughter of a British army colonel: their first child, a son, whom they named Abdullah after his great-grandfather, the first King of Jordan; in Amman. Long distressed because he had no male offspring-his previous marriage to Egypt's Princess Dina produced only one daughter-the grateful Hussein promptly rewarded his commoner wife by raising her to the rank of Princess...
...College to see how it is done. But most undergraduates are less celebrated-ambitious unknowns with names like Dee Pontius and Jo Lynn, who will go out into the world after graduation with new professional names selected by the college's vocational-guidance department: Peeler Lawford, Fran Sinatra, Toni Curtis...
...Gillette as the standard G.I. razor, came out of the war with 16 million permanent customers. With the domestic market nearly saturated, Gillette overhauled its overseas operations (which today account for 50% of the company's profits), in 1948 began to diversify by spending $20 million for the Toni home permanent company and getting aboard the home-beauty bandwagon. While pushing Gillette's sales from $17 million to $200 million, Spang looked around for an heir apparent, found him in Gillette's Boston law firm. After rising from National Guard private to light colonel and winning...
Last May, when Jordan's impetuous King Hussein, 25, married 20-year-old Toni Gardiner, daughter of a British army officer, his subjects were so restive that Toni was pointedly denied the rank of Queen and no less pointedly given the Moslem name, Muna al Hussein ("Wish of Hussein"). Last week both Toni's popular standing and her eventual claim to a title appeared to be on the rise. The reason: a much-publicized court announcement that she is expecting a child early next spring...
Married. Del E. Webb, 62, hustling construction king who shares ownership of the New York Yankees with Sportsman Dan Topping; and Toni Ince, 40, former Los Angeles millinery buyer; both for the second time; in Reno...