Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reductions in naval appropriations. America's leading yachtsman, he skippered the Resolute to victory over the late Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV in the 1920 America's Cup races, at the age of 73 brought off an unparalleled sweep of U.S. yachting's triple crown: the Puritan, Astor and King's Cups. A shrewd lawyer and financier, he raised Harvard's investments from $13 million to $120 million in 30 years as treasurer, made his alma mater the most heavily endowed university...
...Queens College, on the other hand, not the administration, but the Student Council threatened censorship of the campus newspaper this spring. After the Crown printed an advertisement from the Labor Youth League, which is listed on the Attorney General's list of subversive organizations, the Student Council ruled by a vote of 19-6 that any college publication "which carries such ads shall be subject to immediate suspension and possible revocation of its charter...
Teams of carpenters and painters hurried through the streets of Naples last week to perform some quick alterations at more than 90 precinct offices of the city's dominant political party. Speedily the workmen painted out the words Partita Nazionale Monarchico and its star & crown emblem. In their place they painted Partita Monarchico Popolare and nailed up a new emblem, two lions rampant and a crown...
...Pretoria. Both men were charged with murder. The evidence against the Gouws was overwhelming: Joseph had died of "bruises and wounds . . . too numerous to count." But when the defendants pleaded "culpable homicide" (which made it impossible for either of them to be found guilty and punished for murder), the Crown prosecutor agreed...
Last week, on her birthday, London's Victoria & Albert Museum opened an exhibition of Queen Mary's treasures.-some 3,500 items culled from Her Majesty's home, Marlborough House, ranging from a massive 18th century sideboard to a tiny, inch-high jeweled crown that tinkles God Save the King...