Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Most Excellent Majesty, George the Fifth, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, finally attained and held for 50 minutes a pinning speed of one decoration every six seconds...
...Lord Salisbury who cried: "It is quite obvious what these noble (filibustering) Lords are trying to do. It is an abuse of the traditions and privileges of the House. I move that the question be now put!" (The bill passed 44 to 4, was signed by the King-Emperor...
...King-Emperor, attired in a military uniform, freighted traditionally with medals, passed with his Imperial Consort through the whole range of state apartments -from the white drawing-room to the red and gold ballroom. Edward of Wales followed, bedight appropriately as a Welsh Guard...
...knows, the strategy of this measure (TIME, June 28) is to lure the 1,000,000 striking British coal miners back to work by making it possible for the owners to offer the miners the wage they ask, providing they will work an extra hour. Last week A. J. ("Emperor") Cook, secretary of the Miners Federation, became so fearful lest this strategy succeed that he threatened to order on strike even the "safety pump men" who prevent by their work irreparable damage to the coal mines which would result from unchecked flooding...
...sale in London: two Rembrandts, one a landscape at ?1,550, one a portrait of Shah Jehan, one-time Emperor of Hindustan at ?680. Art-man Sir Joseph Duveen (TIME, July 5) snatched them, as is his habit. Two drawings by Da Vinci were taken by Thomas Agnew and Sons...