Word: iii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...present Maharaja's father, Tukoji Rao III, once fell in love with a nautch-girl named Mumtaz Begum. So ardent was Tukoji Rao III that Mumtaz Begum wearied of him and fled to Bombay, where one Bawla took her under his wealthy wing. Tukoji Rao III was furious. One day when Bawla and Mumtaz Begum were out driving, a band of thugs hired by the Maharaja set upon them, stabbed Bawla to death, were only prevented from killing Mumtaz Begum by a group of Englishmen returning from a go of golf, armed with drivers, mashies, putters. In the ensuing...
...summers the Brinkleys and eleven-year-old Johnnie Boy go for pleasure trips on their long, white yacht (their third), Dr. Brinkley III. At present Brinkley is consulting his astrologer, harsh-voiced, blondined Rose Dawn, who broadcasts over XERA, about his chances for the Presidency. To date, says pleasant, sociable Mrs. Brinkley, the doctor has received "500,000 unsolicited letters" urging...
...Author Leavens first got interested in silver when he was teaching in Changsha, China, found that his paycheck fluctuated constantly. Today an acknowledged authority, he is employed by the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, a Colorado Springs nonprofit organization set up in 1932 by Alfred Cowles III...
Last week King Vittorio Emmanuele III inaugurated the new creation in the famed Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the old Parliament. Accompanied by Crown Prince Umberto, six dukes and one count, and preceded by four masters of ceremonies, with tall Queen Elena and accredited diplomats looking on from balcony boxes, His tiny Majesty ascended three steps to the dais and sat on his throne. The 682 new Councilors then took their oaths collectively, after which His Majesty, producing typewritten sheets of paper from the pocket of his military tunic, read a restrained, conciliatory speech probably written for him by Il Duce...
...III. Administration and Procedure...