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...shaven and clear-eyed. The women's cheeks were like red apples; their flowing black robes were hung with silver coins to denote the wealth of their menfolk. Once-wealthy Kussa In himself displayed a huge Swiss watch at the end of a silver chain on his corduroy jacket. "Of the hundreds of horses I once owned," he said, "only six are left, and now I am selling them. But it is better to live poor in a land where one can follow his faith than in a godless country. To the Communists, there is no God but Stalin...
...first crack of a 21-gun salute greeted the princess when she appeared in the doorway. She wore a slate-blue dress, matching velvet hat, mink jacket and black laced, high-heeled shoes (the first of many expected fashion hints). Followed by Prince Philip, in a Royal Navy lieutenant commander's uniform, she walked down the steep steps to be greeted by Viscount Alexander and Prime Minister Louis St.-Laurent. Smiling, wholly composed, Elizabeth quickly reviewed an R.C.A.F. honor guard, then with her husband boarded a black Chrysler convertible which swung slowly past the cheering crowd to a special...
When we returned to the reception room there were five graying women clustered around a big table stacked with lists of registered voters, chanting out names, addresses, and party affiliations. Four of them resembled washerwomen but the fifth was nattily dressed in a tweedy jacket, orange scarf, and a chic red hat. Three typists had appeared during our short absence and were peeking out news releases. Smith explained "Of course Mr. Curley's regular political life keeps him busy. That's the only reason these people are working...
...socks to his favorite haberdashery in Cannes. "They know my feet intimately," he would say, "and they do make different socks for each foot." He sent himself huge bills from imaginary shops in London and Paris, accompanied by long technical letters discussing the special pleats for his next hunting jacket, or the exact size of the handkerchiefs he was having made for the breast pocket of his tuxedo...
...socks to his favorite haberdashery in Cannes. "They know my feet intimately," he would say, "and they do make different socks for each foot." He sent himself huge bills from imaginary shops in London and Paris, accompanied by long technical letters discussing the special pleats for his next hunting jacket, or the exact size of the handkerchiefs he was having made for the breast pocket of his tuxedo...