Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Your Imperial Highness' achievements during the past month are unique," smiled President Doumergue.
Prince Chichibu, though he turned the compliment deftly, may well have felt a smouldering pride at the thought that no personage of the blood imperial is known to have equaled his achievement in scaling nine of the principal mountains of Europe.* (TIME, Aug. 30, et seq.)
His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Yoshihito Haru-no-miya of Japan, 47, father of four of the world's most athletically potent princes (see above), was reported last week to have suffered two more fainting spells at the imperial seaside villa near Hayama.
Prince Takamatsu, third son of the Mikado, recently arranged the unprecedented spectacle of a rowing race between princes of the blood and nobles of the imperial household. The prince is often to be seen skedaddling in a single scull.
The present Emperor and Empress continued their studies with energy during the entire period when they were Crown Prince and Princess. He dutifully attended the Imperial Diet. She busied herself with the Japanese Red Cross,