Word: counts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Died. Count Charles de Lesseps, 82, son of Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal (opened in 1869), in Paris...
...Died. Count Mattachich, Austrian nobleman and former Army officer, in Paris. Twenty years ago he eloped with Princess Louise of Saxe- Coburg-und-Gotha, daughter of Leopold II of Belgium, wife of Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg-und-Gotha, mother-in-law of the late Kaiserin's brother, Duke Ernst Günther. He was at once imprisoned on a charge of forgery; she was shut up in an asylum. Six years later, he carried out an abduction of the Princess. Thereafter, in spite of poverty and snubs, they never separated...
Coach Farrell said: "There are many good men on the squad on whom we can count for first places. What the team needs are those fighters who come through in the finishes with second or third place points which must be had to win any meet. These positions don't fall to star performers but to men who are willing to work and plug every day, and who try to profit by the things which the coaches and experienced men tell them." He then outlined the work of the season and the training rules which will be enforced...
...Count Albert Apponyi, veteran statesman of Hungary, accompanied by his daughter, Countess Mary, who will act as his secretary, was reported on his way to visit the U. S. His object is to give a series of lectures, the first of which is to be delivered at New York University...
...Count Apponyi, 77 years of age, is over six feet high. He is characterized by a prominent nose, deep-set eyes, a resonant voice and a military bearing. He is the son of Count Georges Apponyi, late Chief Justice of Hungary. He speaks fluently Hungarian, German, French, Italian, English, and is conversant with Russian and several Slavic languages...