Word: crown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...phase of the liquor problem faced Lady Astor and the Government. Last month air passenger service began between Manchester and Belfast. By slipping a half-crown into a slot machine on the airliners, it is possible to obtain a double whisky and soda. One question raised is whether it will be legal to operate this ingenious device before "taking off"; another, whether, while in flight over a certain area, the liquor-sales hours of that area will apply to the plane...
...crown of Albania has twice been offered to Americans, once to Jerome Bonaparate of Manhattan; once to a millionaire said to be Harry F. Sinclair. Last week, Ulysses Grant-Smith (TIME, Dec. 24), American Minister at Tirana, announced that a wandering millionaire strolled into his office to see if that there king job was still open to a live bird with plenty of dough...
...conflict of two incompatible interpretations of the British constitution, he endeavors to show that the American interpretation was the most logical. First of all, he declares that, by its Commonwealth Act of 1649, the English Parliament unconstitutionally assumed for itself authority which had previously been vested solely in the Crown; the jurisdiction over British territories outside the realm. Although no active opposition to this doctrine was raised in American at the time, neither did the colonists every! give their consent to government by Parliament rather than by the Crown. From this fact, Professor Mcllwaine argues that the English Parliament never...
...given the team a most hopeful outlook for the coming contest. Davenport of Yale, who won the individual championship last year, is no longer in intercollegiate competition. This leaves Captain Lane and his brother, who have scored 27 and 25 victories respectively, the most likely contenders for the individual crown...
Young Ahmad Mirza, 26-year-old Shah of Persia, loved pleasure and gambled too much on the Riviera (TIME, March 10). His 36 ministers last week deposed him. His young brother, the Crown Prince, aged 25, fled the capital. His baby son, aged 2, was named Shah. Thereupon much monstrous agitation for the creation of a republic collapsed. The 36 ministers will enjoy the pleasures of regency for 19 years...