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...notables in the long procession from Westminster Abbey, Queen Salote sat in the drenching downpour, a massive (6 ft. 3 in., 280 Ibs.), broad-faced woman in red robes and a headdress from which two feathers stuck stiffly upright; she beamed, waved, mopped rain from her face with a handkerchief, beamed again. The soaked, footsore crowd who had waited interminable hours to see the procession instantly warmed to Queen" Salote...
...mountains took out his own handkerchief and waved back...
...Baptists have a job to do for the Lord," said President Grey. "They can best do it in their own way ... We are like a healthy, wealthy, attractive young lady, and these Lotharios are making eyes at us. But we have not, cannot, and will not even drop our handkerchief to invite or encourage their attention...
...yards from the neutral perimeter of Panmunjom. Cautiously, a squad of marines started toward him. Part way down the hill, a Puerto Rican marine recognized the wounded man as Pfc. Francisco Gonzalez Matias, 21, of San Sebastian, P.R. In Spanish, Gonzalez was asked if he could walk. Clutching a handkerchief in which was wrapped a rosary, the wounded man struggled to his feet, stumbled toward the patrol. Twice he fell. A chaplain with the squad called to him to pray. Finally, 2nd Lieut. Kenneth Clifford yelled: "Hell, let's go get him." With four men, Clifford cut through barbed...
...Europe's top designers-Dior, Fath, Balenciaga, Visconti. But the dress that brought the house down was "First Love," the product of an almost unknown Irish woman. Designed by Dublin's 32-year-old Sybil Connolly, it was a dazzling white ball gown made of gossamer-thin handkerchief linen. Sewn into 5,500 minuscule pleats and banded with five strips of bright woven white satin, the flowing dress looked fit for a fairy queen (see cut). Price...