Word: ducal
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WILLIAM, otherwise the Bastard of Failaise, sat in his ducal castle at Rouen and meditated on the weakness and perfidy of kings. He was fully as strong as his Capetian overlord on the East, and he had put that monarch firmly in his place on several occasions, taking bits of disputed territory to prove it. But fendal law was still in the eleventh century: William never thought of aspiring to the crown of France. His ambition lay in another direction...
...amuses himself more than the Duke's other guests with macabre little quips like "I have known many four bottle men . . ." and ''Considering your distinction and age it is surprising that Fate has not introduced us before." There are moments of embarrassed silence around the ducal dinner table as Prince Sirki's behaviour grows increasingly enigmatic. The most painful arrives when the Duke has to reveal the true identity of his guest. This is after the Prince has made it clear that he is in love with chubby Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the dreamy fiancee of young...
...this ducal cue up popped the Marquess of Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air. "We cannot accept continuance of our present inferiority," he declared for the Government. "If parity cannot be secured by reductions elsewhere we will have no option but to build upward. [Cries of "Hear, hear!"] Our present relative weakness in the air cannot be allowed to continue...
...Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England, had something to do last week. As 16th Duke of Norfolk and 27th Earl of Arundel, His Grace is the Premier Duke & Earl of the entire peerage. He is the British aristocrat. Beside the Ducal House of Norfolk, the Royal House of Windsor is an upstart. Last week His Grace the Duke of Norfolk was informed that a cinema theatre at Stirling, Scotland was flying not the Union Jack but the ancient flag of Scotland, boldly flaunting the Lion Rampant...
Supplementing previous gifts for the restoration of Italian antiquities, art-loving Merchant Samuel Henry Kress (5-10-25¢ chain) gave Premier Mussolini $10,500 to complete the rebuilding of Mantua's Ducal Palace...