Word: crown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...race than the royal finger in a ring. He can scarce raise an eyebrow but the whole world notes the new slant, a dozen ladies are waiting for the word;--he smiles with appreciation and goes on with his game. He merely enters another Derby, carries a bobbing crown over hedges and dumps it in a creek...
Among the brilliant assembly invited to the castle were the King and Queen of Norway and Prince Olaf, Norwegian Crown Prince; the ex-Crown Princess of Germany, bister of Queen Alexandrine, and her children; Prince Vlademer, King Christian's brother; the Duke and Princess of Cumberland...
...robbed," asserted Battling Siki, interviewed in the Rat Mort, a Paris cafe. The Sengalese fighter referred to the decision which relieved him of his crown of light-heavyweight champion of the world after his St. Patrick's Day fight with Mike Mc-Tigue in Dublin. As the evening wore on Siki's spirits rose. He knocked out a diner who laughed at him. The next morning the conquered convive had him haled to court for assault and battery...
...came up unhurt. Newspapers point out that as far as horsemanship goes I resemble Henry VIII more than William III. Henry used to tire out eight or ten horses a day by hard riding. William died from a fall when his horse stumbled over a molehill." Friedrich Wilhelm, ex-Crown Prince: "I had my photograph taken on my solitary Dutch isle-a clear profile against a dark background of clouds. When it was shown at a meeting of telephone girls at Flensburg they passed a resolution saying I should become their next kaiser...
...Western Europe of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace and at the Paris Peace Conference was a member of the special committee on Alsace-Lorraine and the Saar Valley. Professor Haskins is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society...