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...grandson, Prince Louis Ferdinand, dropped in for a call. The visit was supposed to be heavy with old-fashioned protocol, with everybody bowing low. Carefree Daisy, lined up with the rest of the staffers' wives, took one look at her old friend the prince, and with a whoop and a holler greeted him with a lusty "Hi there, Lulu!" Shortly thereafter, Oskar Schlitter was transferred to London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Just Daisy | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...love for the proletariat and also for traditional good luck) a sooty clasp from a chimney sweep. Two days later, in Germany's free Western zone, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer also turned 79. After a public reception at the Bonn Chancellery, Widower Adenauer went to his modest home to whoop it up mildly at a private party with his four sons and three daughters. His day was distinguished by a bit of merriment unheard at the somber rites for Wilhelm Pieck. Ordinarily a somber man himself, the Chancellor laughed appreciatively at a gift from Agricultural Minister Heinrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...Texas' Lyndon Johnson, Senate Democratic leader, who sounded the war whoop. "I don't wish to give the impression that Congress has been idle," he scoffed. "Far from it. We have solved the vital problem of who cut the colonel out of the photograph and left the private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Whoops & History | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...international rugby match in Paris' Colombes Stadium, Britain's Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery was caught by the photographers giving a patriotic war whoop as England's team scored a three-point try against France. But Monty's joy was short-lived: the Frenchmen went on to win the game, 11 to 3, and tie with England and Wales for the tournament championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 26, 1954 | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

...every tired old seat has been replaced or repaired. Outfield fences have been shorn of advertising (even Budweiser signs are absent) and painted a deep, simple, hitter's green. Among other things, there are 16 luxurious boxes where, for $2,500 a season, upper-bracket fans can whoop it up with waiter service; all 16 are already rented for the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Time of His Life | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

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