Word: hapsburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Henry Wickham Steed, 84, scholarly editor (1919-22) of the Times of London, owner and editor of the Review of Reviews (1923-30), author (The Hapsburg Monarchy, Vital Peace) and lecturer; in Wootton-by-Woodstock, England. Famed Pundit Steed joined the Times in 1896, served as foreign correspondent in European capitals, was named editor by eccentric Press Tycoon Lord Northcliffe, in an effort to boost the paper's sagging influence. A respected confidant and adviser of world statesmen. Steed predicted the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was among the first to warn of the menace of Hitler...
...splendour of their city. They remember Trieste in the early days of the 1900s, a prosperous, bustling city of commerce and culture. But after two wars and an unsettling peace, Trieste has lost most of its ornate old-world charm. The seaport, once the chief Adriatic port of the Hapsburg empire, is now almost deserted. When ships do arrive, they are generally laden with United States...