Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recent and contemporary history of Canadian railroads is found in the careers of Canadian Pacific's Beatty and Canadian National's Thornton. Beatty was born a British citizen; Thornton became one (1916). Both have been honored by the British Crown. Beatty is a King's Counsel; Thornton a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire. Both played football, Beatty at University of Toronto; Thornton at University of Pennsylvania. Beatty was Canadian Pacific President at 41; Thornton president of the Canadian National Railroad at 41. Both came from railroad offices, not from railroad tracks. Beatty took over...
Last week in Calcutta, where Saint Gandhi had sat in jail 22 days charged with holding one of his "propaganda bonfires," he was finally brought to trial. As the "Biggest Little Man in India" stepped spryly into Court everyone rose, even the Crown Prosecutor, in deference to the Prisoner-Saint...
...other churchmen actually resident in the new Papal State could not vote because they are no longer citizens of Italy. Dopesters estimated that His Holiness' influence had flung into the scale of Fascismo at least 1,000,000 extra votes. A sadder if not wiser voter was Crown Prince Umberto of Savoy. There is every reason to believe the stories that H. R. H. detests Commoner Mussolini and once challenged him to duel over what he deemed a point of honor to the Royal House. The disgruntled Prince, recently promoted to the rank of Colonel and stationed in Turin, balloted...
Having ridden successfully through one tournament to the national intercollegiate crown the Harvard indoor polo team tonight begins its quest for another title. The Crimson team, led by Captain F. A. Clark '29, plays the initial game in Division A of the national championships tonight opposing the Squadron A trio of New York at Squadron A Armory...
Faces were thus saved temporarily, but in London last week it was freely predicted that should George V remain invalid, an Imperial Conference will have to be called to settle the Crown Council Question beyond possibility of Irish cavil. Early in the week, several of the 22 subjects designated Knights in the delayed New Year's honors list tingled at the thought of kneeling in silk breeches to be dubbed (smacked between the shoulder blades) by the naked sword of Edward of Wales acting for George V. These ceremonies were postponed to allow the Prince to represent King George...