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Word: belgians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President & Mrs. Hoover last week broke a precedent by giving a private dinner for Belgian Ambassador & Princess de Ligne. They had a good reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Strangers | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

McLean v. de Ligne. Two men were involved in the other rumpus of the week. The Belgian Embassy, an ornate white stone mansion at 18th street and Massachusetts avenue, is now occupied by His Highness Prince Albert de Ligne. One morning last month His Highness was shocked, enraged, at the sight of a splurgy front-page story in the Washington Post in which his recall to Belgium was "definitely forecast." The newspaper said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Discourtesies | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania still has the Lincoln which Henry Ford gave her. Patriotic King Albert has a Belgian Minerva but more often rides a motorcycle (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Royal Motors | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

Erma is the European Rail Makers' Association, a cartel which includes British, French, German, Belgian and Central European rail manufacturers. It was last week reported that U. S. railmakers were on the point of formally entering the cartel. Thus the cartel would no longer be European but International, thus Erma would evolve into Irma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Erma, Irma | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...Belgian Independence is the famed Regiment des Guides, and old as the Regiment des Guides is the Royal Belgian Band which was organized to make its music. During the War the Band, too, served as a fighting unit, won high distinction for bravery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Belgian Band | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

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