Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After luncheon "Emperor" Cook and the future King-Emperor shook hands as they left the table, and stood chatting for several minutes...
Like soldiers, like ramrods, members of the newly elected 100% Fascist Parliament stood at attention before King Vittorio Emanuele III in the Chamber of Deputies last week, waiting to take their oaths of office. Each deputy was resplendent in dress suit and white gloves. "Gentlemen!" boomed Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, "His Majesty the King invites you to be seated!" They sat. He read the oath of office. He began to call the roll. Like clockwork, as each name was barked, a white-gloved hand shot up in the Fascist salute, and the deputy in question shouted "Giuro!" ("I swear!"). Straight...
...Noble enterprises in this direction have been attempted." said the King. "My Government has already made clear what their viewpoint is. But disarmament has remained to this day merely a generous aspiration, contradicted by continuous arming on land...
...worth). In 1927 about 40% less salmon jumped into cans than in 1926 or 1928. This was no surprise to salmon packers, who know that every third or fourth year, for some mysterious reason, the "run" of salmon dwindles sharply. Important are these members of the salmon family: King, or Chinook (Pacific coast, bright, arterial red flesh, averages 22 Ibs.); Red or Sockeye (Alaskan, dark red flesh, 6 Ibs.) ; Coho or Silver (Pacific and Alaskan, light red flesh, 7 Ibs.); Pink or Humpback (Alaskan, pinkish flesh, 4 Ibs.); Chum or Keta (Alaskan, colorless flesh, 8 pounds). For every King, silver...
...Food" to "King Salmon." Say packers: "Today ... it is once more respectable to be in the packing business." Say advertising men: "Advertising has undoubtedly contributed in a significant way to setting the industry on its feet." Packers of Pink and Chum salmon (about 60% of the total pack) were worried in the spring of 1926. A large run was expected, and they already had 1.500,000 cases left over from the previous year. Moreover, an ignorant tradition led salmon-eaters to prefer Red to Pink. Investigators for the Associated Salmon Packers glumly heard many a housewife declare...