Word: gaston
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...house guests of a respected and venerated British man, 62, and wife, 60. Because these four persons are great personages, their conjunction occurred amid the richest and most solemn pomp which Imperial Britain has evoked since the World War. Host and hostess: Their Britannic Majesties. Guests: President Gaston Doumergue of the French Republic and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand...
...Princess Victoria Mary of Teck at the time of his death (1892), but in the succeeding year the Princess was married to Prince George, now King and Emperor. Chance interrupted the succession and brought to a young sailor prince his consort and his throne. How has Chance dealt with Gaston Doumergue...
...President's father was a vinedresser ? a peasant in wooden sabots and an earth-stained blouse. As a lad, little Gaston wriggled his bare toes often in grape mash as he trod out the juices on which fermentation works. The circumstances of his rise (TIME, Aug. 2) need not be rehearsed again. Nothing is more certain than that when the King-Emperor and the President greeted each other last week, two able but almost incredibly lucky men shook hands...
...revoir, mes amis!" cried M. le President Gaston Doumergue, then drew in his head...
Last week amid the cheers of peasants and hearty "Vive!'"s of black-mustachioed officials, largest undergound waterway in the world, was opened to traffic by Gaston Doumergue President of France...