Word: es
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said Mrs. Juliette Leiter, relict of Tycoon Joseph Leiter, when questioned in an income tax recovery suit about expenses charged to upkeep of her Washington mansion: "Why, the expenses for that es- tablishment are enormous. I would say about $6,000 a month...
...Professor Morize received the degree of Bachelier es Lettres from the University of France; from the same institution he was awarded the degrees of Lic. es Lettres and Agrege des Lettres in the years 1906 and 1907 respectively. In 1907 he became professor of French Literature at the Lycee of Montauban, and from 1910 to 1913 he held a similar position at the University of Bordeaux...
...fighting Tuaregs in Algeria, Spaniards fighting Riffi in Morocco, to remember that North Africa is populated by four races ("white" Berbers, Arab conquerors, native Jews, Negroes) which include innumerable tribes and sects. Italy's troublesome Senussites are a rambunctious Arab sect founded by Sidi Mohammed ben Ali ben Es Senussi el Khettabi el Hassani el Idrissi el Mehajiri, who was born in Algeria with an urge to militant reform. He ordered his two sons to jump off a palm tree to decide which should succeed...
...highlights of the program, which will be made up mostly of German Christmas carols, are "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen," by Praetorius, sung by a quartet, and a piano solo, Bach-Gounod's Ave Maria...
...Senussites are a Moslem sect founded in 1835 with the establishment of a monastery at Abu Kobeis near Mecca by the revered Sidi Mohammed ben Ali ben Es Senussi el Khettabi el Hassani el Idrissi el Mehajiri. Ever since Italy captured Tripoli (now known as Italian Libya, divided into the districts of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica) from the Turks in 1911 the Senussites have stubbornly resisted Italian penetration of the interior. One by one other Senussi chieftains have been forced to surrender, but Omar el Muktar always held...