Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Began his brief reign when he nine years had seen...
...behind the casket, upon which now rested the Imperial State Crown brought from the Tower of London told visibly on Edward VIII as he tramped the additional three and one-half miles. At one point London's massed and silent grief for George V was broken by a brief, explosive cheer for Edward VIII. This was instantly chopped short by His Majesty who frowningly jerked his head in the direction of the cheer. As he plodded on. His Majesty began to limp from fatigue. As he forced himself on beside the Dukes of York and Gloucester, subjects noticed that...
...British Empire almost a stranger - a singularly young-looking man of 41 whom they are accustomed to see pop in at a banquet, toy briefly with cold chicken washed down by Scotch & splash while others chomp the hot roast-beef of Old England, and then, after delivering a brief address...
...Williston Club acted as the attorneys for the beneficiaries, and the Scott Club as the lawyers for the heirs at law. With 76 pages in their brief and 203 case histories to support them, the Williston Club had plenty of data to fall back on--in fact, almost too much...
Next will come a brief service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Windsor...