Word: infante
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Keenest interest as to the sex of the forthcoming imperial infant was felt by the heir apparent, Prince Chichibu, eldest brother of the Emperor Hirohito. Should the Empress give birth to a girl, as she did at her first accouchement (TIME, Dec. 14, 1925), Prince Chichibu must remain in Japan, ready to assume the Throne immediately, should Death come to the Emperor...
...imperial infant is a manchild, then Prince Chichibu may say farewell to Empire, order the packing of his baggage and return to Oxford in time for the autumn term. As everyone knows, he abandoned his studies, hurried from Oxford to Tokyo upon the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (TIME...
...them continued to peep their chubby infant granddaughter, Princess Elizabeth,* famed as "Baby Betty." A nurse held her up at the window of her nursery in Buckingham Palace, and she blinked sleepily, sucking her thumb...
Princess Helene of Greece and Rumania suddenly returned to Bucharest last week from Rapallo, Italian Riviera (TIME, Feb. 7), although she had announced her intention of remaining there the rest of the winter with her infant son, Crown Prince Mihai. Reputedly King Ferdinand, wracked by illness, had suddenly indulged the whim of an invalid and recalled the Princess. The King's brother, Prince Wilhelm von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, also was to arrive last week at Bucharest...
...This resentment, however," said Mr. Gray, "is not altogether without justification. China, under the old government drew up treaties with 13 countries which bound her to a uniform five, per cent tariff on all goods. As a result they are unable to foster infant industries by protection, or to impose duties for revenue. This is obviously unjust and is a damper to progress...