Word: benno
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Motherly Queen Wilhelmina came out on her front steps. Ample Crown Princess Juliana climbed from the car. The two splendid women effusively embraced. And out from behind the wheel slipped a slender young man with large tortoise-shell spectacles to be kissed in his turn and greeted as "Dear Benno!" Huskily the crowd continued to cheer "Hold the Sea! Hold...
...Doctor of Letters, to Prince Bernhard Leopold Frederic Eberhard Jules Curt Charles Godfrey Peter von Lippe-Biesterfeld, a sportsmanly apprentice employed without pay by the colossal German Dye Trust I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. It was in 1916 that the reigning Prince of the German principality of Lippe conferred on "Benno's" mother and her descendants the princely title of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Previously in 1909 he had elevated her to the rank of Countess Biesterfeld...
Speaking Dutch with scarcely any German accent, beaming Benno said: "I am very happy and hope to be able to marry within two or three months. I will do my utmost to be of real help to my future wife...
...nitralloy, a wear-resistant steel used chiefly in the automotive and airplane industries, and Strauss Metal, used for cutting tools. He was instrumental in the formation of Krupp Nirosta Co., which has licensed certain U. S. companies, including Ludlum, to manufacture nirosta, a corrosion-resistant steel developed by Dr. Benno Strauss of the Krupp plant. President Batcheller is 54, lives in Watervliet, N. Y. (the Ludlum plant is there), likes outdoor sports...
...time for relaxation, which he divides between a home on Park Avenue, and another in Leipzig. Riding, music, are his hobbies; generosity his outstanding characteristic. To satisfy his riding urge he keeps a string of horses in Manhattan. He is said to have been the patron of the violinist Benno Rabinov. His spending takes the form of lavish entertainment, maintenance of a hospital in Leipzig, and now, donations to his company...