Word: frederika
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Journeying to Salonika, Queen Frederika and King Paul of Greece attended a Te Deum at St. Demetrius Cathedral, marked the 19th anniversary of the Italian invasion that forced Greece into World...
...Peurifoy, 19, last surviving son of handsome, fast-driving Diplomat John E. Peurifoy, who, along with his younger son, was killed (1955) at the wheel of a Thunderbird in Thailand; in Tulsa, Okla. When his father was Ambassador to Greece, young John, a wheelchair spastic, was told by Queen Frederika: "In school the best pupil is always given the hardest problems to solve. God gave you the hardest problem of all, so you must be his favorite pupil...
...collection. Of the remaining 120-odd "possibles" still alive, most are what he calls "Reds and royalty," two categories that have not widely responded to his appeals, though he has the signatures of Yugoslavia's Tito and Italian Communist Palmiro Togliatti, of King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Frederika of Greece...
Pain & Paralysis. This beglamoured life ended dramatically on June 8, 1956. With Norwegian Ambassador Rolf Andvord and her good friends Domenica Walter, Jean Lacaze and Dr. Maurice Lacour, Maggie attended a gala opera performance in honor of visiting King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece. Her close relationship with Domenica and Jean had business as well as social overtones: through her own Newmont Mining Corp., Maggie owned nearly half the stock in Domenica's and Jean's rich Zellidja mines. There were rumors that, dissatisfied with the long-term plans of the Zellidja management, she was planning...
...club group a few homey recollections of last fall's U.S. trip. Sample: when the Queen asked to see the launching of a moon rocket she was told that the request posed difficulties because future visitors might use it as a precedent. "Why don't you," suggested Frederika helpfully, "make a rule that only queens and upwards...