Word: grands
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Stately Queen Mary attended a function of state last week for the first time since the death of King George. Her eldest son had just reached the age of 42. He celebrated by creating Queen Mary a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order founded in 1896 by Queen Victoria. Her Majesty received this decoration from His Majesty for her "personal services to the reigning sovereign...
After saying good-by to the Queen and Dame Grand Cross, the King turned from official birthdaying to celebrate in the intimate circle of his friends. Dinner was at St. James's Palace, but this time there was no announcement in the Court Circular (TIME, June 8) of those who supped and sipped with Edward VIII...
...Jerusalem which he had held for 14 years. The Hussein had had the votes of Jerusalem Jews. The enraged Nashashibi plotted a great Arab revolt against Jewish immigration to win Arab leadership from the head of Husseini, Haj Amin el Husseini, president of the Moslem Supreme Council and, as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, spiritual leader of Palestine Moslems. The point was that the Grand Mufti, in the event of an Arab revolt, must either give up his Arab following or lose the high office he holds with British support. Last week this Nashashibi strategy seemed to be working to perfection...
Such impudent talk from youngsters to the Grand Mufti revealed a still deeper cause of last week's revolt: the crackup of the Arab social hierarchy in Palestine. Jewish development of Palestine has weakened the downtrodden Arab farm workers to the feudal tyranny of their Arab masters, has raised wage and living standards in Palestine, introduced the eight-hour day, encouraged Arab trade-unions. Result: economic liberation of Arab farmers. At bottom the anti-Jewish rage of the Arab landowners, backed by their Bedouin cavalry hordes, was caused by this unexpected social upheaval. But the leaders are willing...
...Chisum, was a storekeeper, justice of the peace, postmaster, road supervisor, once arranged to have Colorado City, Tex. shot up in his honor when his fortunes stood high. Now he travels from one auto tourist camp to another, looks like Walt Whitman, cherishes a grandiose plan to have grand canals built on both sides of the Continental Divide to save the Old West and solve the unemployment problem...