Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more last, week than snatch for himself the Ministry of Colonies. Thus he became a One Man Majority of 7/13ths. Additionally, of course, Signor Mussolini is Head of the State (Il Capo), Leader of the Fascist Party (Il Duce), Prime Minister, and Chairman of the new Fascist Grand Council-now the supreme organ of State (TIME...
Mima. David Belasco is the grand old man of the U.S. theatre. To prove this, he wears a turn-around collar and permits himself to be photographed frequently with a benign facial expression. Like Flo Ziegfeld, George M. Cohan and certain other producers, he is never publicly designated as ridiculous. For the last few weeks, articles have appeared in news-sheets telling how "the Dean of the American Stage is working day and night, transforming his theatre into a veritable Hades," how "Belasco's version of Ferenc Molnar's Mima costs $300,000 to present," and lastly...
...wait was not long, and in the midst of mourning an insignificant German princess became empress of all the Russias. Her mother-in-law, Marie Feo-dorovna, beloved of the people, was so steeped in sorrow that she paid very little attention to Alexandra; but the various grand duchesses took pains to make her difficult position yet more difficult with their resentful jealousies. Bashful, awkward, guileless, Alix, now Alexandra Feo-dorovna, disdained the gentle art of flummery, and was only took frank in her disapproval of Russian frivolity...
Baroness Buxhoeveden was one of the few faithfuls who followed the royal family into their dreary Siberian exile, herself narrowly escaping their gruesome fate. She was constant companion to the grand duchess, but has not recognized the authenticity of the young woman who last year claimed to be Anastasia, escaped...
...Their horns amuse him, so four horns came back with him to the U. S. to make their debuts with the Philharmonic. ... On he goes, swinging his cane, past a cafe door where trombones are moaning measures of La Maxixe. On he goes, past a cathedral, or perhaps the Grand Palais, slackens his pace a bit, then passes by on the other side. On he goes over the bridge to the Left Bank and there he stops again, this time for an Anise de Lozo and following effects are appropriately blurred. A solo violin suggestive of charming broken English...