Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House's 46 Speakers since 1789, only one-James K. Polk-ever became President. Many, nonetheless, have left their mark on U. S. history much more indelibly than President Polk. As Speaker- the title is derived from the ancient custom of the House of Commons which, voteless, sent a member to the King to speak for them-men like Henry Clay, James G. Elaine, Joseph Cannon, Champ Clark and Nicholas Longworth have used their authority so effectively as to give the job a lively tradition of being second in importance only to the Presidency itself. Since the departure...
When tragedy comes to the German grand ducal House of Hesse it strikes with all its fateful weight. First great blow to the ancient German family was the discovery that it had contributed to the spread of the dread blood disease, hemophilia. Marriage of two princes of Hesse to Princess Beatrice, Princess Alice, daughters of England's Queen Victoria, carried this curse to the blood of the imperial Russian and royal Spanish families. Princess Alice married Prince Louis of Hesse and was the mother of Alexandra, last Empress of Russia, who in turn transmitted hemophilia to her only...
Lest Americans become aroused because of Japanese cruelty to Chinese, Missionary Professor Fred D. Gealy of Tokyo assured the meeting that the Japanese are at least kind to animals. Said he: "The Japanese people are commonly a mild-mannered people. . . . From ancient times, mendicant priests have carried a shakujo, or staff, to the top of which are affixed clanging metal rings. By striking it on the ground they would frighten away worms and insects that might be in their path to prevent trampling upon them. And even modern universities hold memorial services for animals dissected in the study of anatomy...
Most Rev. Pierre Gerlier, well-loved and smooth-spoken bishop of the French diocese which includes the famed shrine of Lourdes, who was raised last summer to be Archbishop of Lyons. This post carries with it the ancient, honorable but now empty designation, Primate of Gaul...
Most Rev. Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, a militant churchman who is considered one of many candidates to be the next Pope. He is Patriarch of Venice, in effect an archbishop but holding an ancient title (like the Patriarchs of Lisbon, the East and West Indies) which stands because no one ever bothered to abolish...