Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great and good friend. King Albert of the Belgians, President Hoover sent birthday greetings last week. To the State Department's stiff formula for such felicitations, the president added: "My own personal greetings." King Albert is 54, President Hoover...
...goods, mostly manufactured, buying in return some $489,000,000 worth of Canadian exports, chiefly wood and paper ($237,000,000), fish and meats ($88,000,000), farm products ($57,960,170). Loud was last week's talk of raising the Canadian tariff in retaliation. Premier McKenzie King called for "cool heads" in dealing with these international economic matters, but Canadian newspapers suggested that it was the King feet which were "cool...
...Cabinet was represented as a squad of robots. His official secretariat was lampooned as running around frantically to keep busy. In song he was reminded that he was but "king for a day." His administrative machine was described as "water-cooled, dry-batteried and using...
Fifty years ago the King-Emperor was a small and mischievous midshipman, known as "Sprats"* to the ship's company aboard Her Majesty's Ironclad Bac chante. The coxswain of the captain's gig was rollicking Bill King, who wore a big straw hat with ribbons down the back and was a great favorite with the middies. Last week rollicking Bill the sailor, now a little old gentleman of 75, stumped up the gravel drive of Craigwell House, Bognor, to call on King George, with worn logbook in his arms. His Majesty was delighted. For 15 minutes...
Under the auspices of the Bond Astronomical Club, a series of four "Open Nights" will be held at the Harvard Observatory, with the first meeting scheduled for this evening at 7.45 o'clock, when Professor E. S. King will deliver a short, non-technical talk on "The Moon." After his address there will be, weather permitting, telescopic observations of celestial objects. Exhibits showing the work of the Observatory will be explained by members of the club...