Word: vii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knew kings (Edward VII), premiers (Clemenceau). dictators (Mussolini), marshals (Foch) and famed writers (d'An-nunzio). Charlie Chaplin's gambit at the Paris première of The Kid was not unlike that of many others: "I loved you in New York. You were France, Versailles. You conquered America...
Mozart: Motets (Soloists, chorus and orchestra directed by Felix Raugel; L'Anthologic Sonore; Haydn Society). Seven religious choruses-six jubilant, one melancholy-in Mozart's flowing counterpoint. Not up to highest recording standards, but a unique item. From Volume VII of the anthology's "Living History of Western Music from the 9th to the 19th Century...
...other thing that happened to him was tuberculosis, perhaps contracted from one of his patients. For 22 months he has been in King Edward VII Sanatorium...
...sought-after leading man who gets $200,000 for each picture he makes. He lives with his fourth wife, Actress Lauren Bacall (known as "Baby") and their two children in a $160,000 whitewashed brick mansion in Los Angeles' exclusive Holmby Hills, keeps two Jaguar automobiles (a Mark VII for Baby, an XK 120 for himself), three blooded boxer dogs, and a $55,000 ocean-going racing yacht. Mike Romanoff, the famed phony prince, wise man and restaurateur who is a sometime arbiter of Hollywood society, allows him to appear for meals without a necktie. He is president...
...several years ago, when London's air was so laden that shipping dared not leave harbor, the Times ran the headline, "Continent Cut Off by Fog." But only the fog was unusual; Great Britain has traditionally been cut off from Europe. Since the days of henry VII and Cardinal Wolsey, England has tried to stand aloof from entangling alliances on the Continent and depend on sea power for strength. At the same time, Britain has feared the emergence of a great power in Europe. In line with these dual aims, the English have traditionally regarded themselves as the holders...