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...were married before 150 other crowned and uncrowned heads of Europe's dwindling but still ornamental nobility. As the elegant 50-car procession wound through the streets of Dreux in one of the most dazzling displays of royal panoply since World War II, thousands of monarchists shouted "Vive le Roi!" Among those present: King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, ex-King Umberto of Italy and Europe's two other leading pretenders, Spain's Don Juan and Portugal's Dom Duarte Nuño. Notably missing...
...penso a qual poltrone di un vecchio caminetto ingannatore che vive in ozio come un gran signore. (And yet that stove of ours No fuel seems to need, the idle rascal Content to live in ease, just like a lord...
...long last, France decided that the French Revolution had all been a big mistake (some readers will say "I told you so"). Caught in a parliamentary impasse to end all parliamentary impasses, the National Assembly decided to abolish the republic and restore the monarchy. Hour-ra! Vive...
...days Herzen prayed for the hopes of revolution-and yet, in Paris, he was dismayed when the revolution of 1848 degenerated, with soldiers of a republic shooting down its own citizens. With almost lyrical sarcasm ("Long live chaos and destruction! Vive la mortl") he recorded his disillusionment. But as far as his own Russia was concerned, he was convinced that its sturdy peasants would survive both their imperial oppressors and their would-be liberators...
...Vive la Difference! In Guadalajara, Mexico, El Informador carried a classified ad: "BEDROOMS SETS, SINNING ROOM PULLMANS. Manufactures Price Garanted...