Word: fortescu
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...citizen, Professor Fortescu, president of the Rumanian High School Teachers' Association, had not accused His Majesty of mere immorality, royal peccadillos being taken for granted at Bucharest. Instead Professor Fortescu had made himself spokesman for a charge which has smoldered in Rumanian public opinion these many months. In a bold speech, three weeks ago, he accused his Sovereign of packing the highest offices of the State, the Civil Service and the Municipality of Bucharest "with men whose chief qualification, if it can be called such, is that they are favorites of the King...
Male Pompadours have become such an issue in Rumania that police could scarcely keep back last week an excited throng which cheered Professor Fortescu as he was brought before the Bucharest High Court...
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