Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vatican City last week one prelate firmly said: "Etiquette decrees that a Catholic sovereign must kneel to the Pope and kiss his toe." But among Fascisti belief was current that His Holiness will decree a special exemption in favor of Vittorio Emanuele, "King by the Grace of God and the Will of the People...
...unknown frugal Yorkshireman remembered Poet Philips' splendid shilling fortnight ago, and the Miltonic disasters that, according to ensuing stanzas, the lack of it entailed. Further he remembered that tousle-headed eight-year-old King Mihai of Rumania had just been given his first pair of long trousers (TIME, Oct. 28). To a Birmingham newspaper he sent a shiny new shilling piece and a note, addressed to the King of Rumania...
...custom hereabouts," he wrote, "to put a shilling in the pockets of a boy's first long trousers to bring him luck and wealth. May it bring Rumania's handsome little king all the luck in the world, and any additional wealth that he may desire...
...Majesty King Mihai, and Princess Helene his mother, request the Rumanian legation in London to convey through the Birmingham newspaper their heartfelt appreciation for the unknown gentleman's kindly thought...
...Theodore Roosevelt, wife of the Governor of Porto Rico, received from King Bao-Dai of Annam. (French Indo-China) a gaudy bauble, the Order of Virtuous Wives...