Word: interregnum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy Department had developed into an almost hereditary public office for the Roosevelt family. Theodore Roosevelt Sr. occupied it for a year (1897-98). Then came his cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, now New York's Governor, to hold it for seven years (1913-20). After a brief interregnum under Gordon Woodbury, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. stepped in, in 1921, turning the position over in 1924 to his cousin, Theodore Douglas Robinson, nephew of the elder Roosevelt...
...revolution," as he did this week, Calles is fighting not only for the survival of his experiment in government, but also for his life. The end of a Mexican presidential career and of the life of a Mexican president have had a trick of being simultaneous. A Great Interregnum in Mexico is not an impossibility, for when offered nomination for the presidency of the Republic the discreet citizen hands out a typewritten note saying: "I choose to run"--and does...
...crowned with honor, was made Archbishop of Jaroslav and Vilna. Those were the days of Pobiedonostsev and Devialkovsky, two of the most tyrannical ecclesiastics in the history of a tyrannical church. Basil, now Archbishop Tikhon, was liberal in his views but discreet in utterance. He advanced. Finally, during the interregnum between Romanov and Lenin, Dr. Tikhon was enthroned as Patriarch...
...Resumption" refers to a brief interregnum during which the state was under the guidance of Acting Governor Lucas...
...appearance of the British Mediterranean fleet, after an interregnum of twenty years, reveals a far seeing policy not at first apparent. In this old arena the greatest potential disturber of the peace is, at present, Italy. A disgruntled nation, with illusions of a revived Roman Empire, she has already turned her attention to the Near East, where she finds herself opposed by her ancient enemy, Greece, now protege of Britain. By making the first move, therefore, England has possibly forestalled new outbreaks in that hatching ground...