Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finds himself billed as Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's successor. As soon as word leaked out that aristocratic Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano would be made Vice Chancellor as well (TIME, Oct. 22), German newspapers burst forth with headlines and editorials hailing Brentano as the "crown prince." The 80-year-old Adenauer saw red. He summoned Brentano, who, in happy anticipation of receiving the new honor, left a sickbed and journeyed 100 miles. Instead the old Chancellor wanted to talk of other things, then casually let fall that he had decided that he could not spare his present Vice Chancellor...
...overcrowded Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the scene of a quiet but intense battle for the loyalties of its 2,500,000 Chinese inhabitants. Each year the measure of the battle is in the num ber of flags that fly on Red China's National Day on Oct. 1 and Nationalist China's older "Double Tenth"* anniver sary on Oct. 10. As the Double Tenth dawned last week, the white-starred banner of the Republic of China seemed to have peacefully triumphed over the five-starred Red flag. Then an impetuous official ripped down two Nationalist flags...
...convincing victory over the Lions would certainly rank the Crimson among the top contenders for the Ivy League crown, but a defeat or a narrow win would relegate the team to consideration as just another up-and-down Harvard eleven...
...daily practice sessions at the Boston Skating Club and the Boston Arena are now primarily in preparation for the World Championship competition next Feb. 26 to March 2. In mile-high altitudes at Colorado springs, Colo., Tenley will attempt to capture the women's world figure skating crown from Carol Heiss of New York...
...home sports encounter pits the soccer team against Tufts this afternoon at the Business School Field. The 3 p.m. encounter may well give some indication of the future of Bruce Munro's eleven, a squad that won the New England League title last year and shared the Ivy Leage crown with Penn...