Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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HALLELUJAH (directed by King Vidor) ?Negro feelings never explored by vaudeville or intellectuals...
...Convened without the usual formality of a Speech from the Throne because: 1) The King, who reads the Speech, was still convalescent at Sandringham, though well enough to shoot pheasants, eat pheasant morsels. 2) The Prime Minister, who writes the Speech from the Throne, was on high and rough seas...
Last week Habibullah Khan, ex-king of Afghanistan, né Bacha Sakao, the Water Boy bandit, was captured by victorious King Nadir, imprisoned in Kabul. Though Royal Nadir has on occasion fried Afghan generals in oil (TIME, Sept. 2), no such fate awaited Habibullah. He was taken out and humanely shot. Afghans attributed this softness to Nadir's years on the French Riviera...
...Executed. Bacha Sakao, "The Water Boy of the North," Afghan chieftain, usurper of King Amanullah's throne; at Shepur Cantonment, Afghanistan; by order of Nadir ("George Washington") Khan, his vanquisher, recently chosen king (see P.31...
Sued for Divorce. King Gaines Gillette, son of King Camp Gillette (safety razors); by Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell Gillette; at Reno. Grounds: incompatibility. Last week they motored to the Stanford-Southern California game after which Mrs. Gillette went to Reno for a "most friendly divorce," her husband returning to Hollywood...