Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sweden, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf formally opened as an elec trically lighted museum a 1,200-year-old Viking burial mound at Lugnaro (west coast...
...cautious colloquialism for "want." Funnyman Will Rogers and others declared it as foxy a word as an adroit politician ever selected. Columnist Heywood Broun thought it had "magnificent swank." Senator Bruce of Maryland, with Democratic irony, quoted Macbeth: "If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown...
...During a state dinner in Ottawa, Edward of Wales made one of his highly infrequent references to the day when he may become king and emperor. Referring to the concept of the British Empire as a group of autonomous communities, all loyal to the Crown, he said...
...particular, as the King's oldest son, the conception has a special importance, which, in whatever part of the empire I may be, I always try to keep in my mind. The Crown stands above all distinctions of country, race and party, and serves to mark the unity in which all such differences are transcended...
...consisted chiefly of playing golf with Mr. McLean and looking after his links. At any rate, Secretary Voight had plenty of time to practice this season, improved his game so much that he won nine tournaments, loomed as a likely contender for the U. S. amateur golf crown...