Word: chamberlain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pass attack with frequent interceptions. Bob Campbell ran back one of these to a touchdown, after a quick kick by Ted Berkeley had driven Straus to its own goalline. Steve Kurzman, whose passing has highlighted the Lionel offense all season, tossed scoring passes to Hank Green-burg and Dick Chamberlain...
Their pleas had been scanned by a battery of palace secretaries, then checked and passed on to Ascot's Chief Steward, the Duke of Norfolk. The Duke's appointed list was sent to the Lord Chamberlain, then the King & Queen themselves gave the list a final scrutiny. People who had been successfully sued for divorce (not those who did the suing) were ruthlessly weeded out ("The only time I remember to hate my first wife is Ascot Week," gloomed one Londoner who was divorced 30 years...
Both Emperor and people enjoy the new freedom. Hirohito chafes at remaining restrictions. At Unzen, Kyushu's beautiful mountain resort, he spotted an odd type of moss growth in a pond. Botanist Hirohito began to wade in after it. His chamberlain tried to restrain him; it was too dangerous. But by this time Japanese photographers had jumped into the pond to take pictures of the Emperor at its edge. "If it isn't dangerous for them," protested Hirohito, "why is it dangerous for me?" Sighed the chamberlain: "If Your Majesty can find a newspaperman's armband...
...president of a radio-TV station, a director of other corporations. A devout Roman Catholic (he had a chapel built in his home so that priests could say Mass there), he was once supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus. In 1944 Pope Pius XII made him a Papal Chamberlain with Cape and Sword, a post entitling him to serve a turn of duty on the Vatican staff if he ever wants...
Substitutes--Defense: Fred Coburn, Jim Graham, Clark Cowen, John Talbot. Midfield: Dick Post, Paul Davidson, and Paul Birdsall: Will Davis, Bill Graham, and Dave Waring: Fred Chamberlain, Ed Thayer, and John Cowles. Attack: Charlie Gregg, Bill Plissner...