Word: caroled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...personal fiat, King Carol II dismissed last week Governor Burileanu of the National Bank of Rumania...
...speaking tour he stops at the house of Sally, his oldtime sweetheart. There, in her bedroom, the play ducks into the Christmas Carol motif. First he sees three children - himself, Sally and a playmate. But when he tries to play with the children, other people interfere, the figures of his mature life intrude, demand speeches, advance fragments of his own mouthings...
Like Harun-al-Raschid and the Mayor of Philadelphia (see p. 15), H. M. Carol II, Rumania's buck-toothed ruler, sorely in need of personal popularity, last week disguised himself and went forth among his people to see how his country was running...
With a pair of aides-de-camp, King Carol descended upon the police stations of Bucharest. First station visited was locked. After knocking many times H. M. was answered by a gruff voice: "What the hell do you want? Wait your turn!" The aides assisted His Majesty in kicking in the door, discovered the chief of the station house "questioning" an alleged pickpocket by stringing him up by the thumbs. The prisoner, quickly cut down, earnestly announced himself a lifelong follower of King Carol...
Second stop was a tax administration office with which Harun-al-Carol had no cause for complaint. Third and fourth stops were a casualty reception depot and another police station, both closed for the day. In little black books the aides entered the names of all delinquent officials for immediate dismissal. Back to the palace went King Carol, feeling he had done something to earn his night's repose...