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Word: commandingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ball was held. Edward of Wales was not present. There was no announcement. A Buckingham palace chamberlain issued the customary denials, the customary com plaint that these recurring rumors are "particularly vexatious to court circles" Blonde Princess Ingrid, nevertheless, had a delightful time at her ball. By her express command the band played nothing but waltzes all evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: No Match | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

Wednesday. Following Stanley Baldwin's retirement. Ramsay James MacDonald went to Windsor, umbrella in hand, obedient to a royal summons, and accepted the King's command to form a new government. King George was out of bed and sitting up to receive him, but little Princess Elizabeth was noticeably absent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Labor's Week | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Died. Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., 71, of London, Admiral of the British Fleet, second in command at the famed Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916), in London. His son, Commander Charles Dennistoun Burney. designer of Airship R-100, succeeds to the baronetcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 17, 1929 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Albert Einstein, able sailorman, took command last week of the mahogany-finished, auxiliary sailboat given him by friends on his 50th birthday (March 14). He will navigate the Havel river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 17, 1929 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

With the experts of the Second Dawes Committee on the verge of reaching an agreement on revising reparations, Dr. Albert Vögler, second-in-command of the German delegation, suddenly resigned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Impasse | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

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