Word: kingdom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Just as the proverbial kingdom depends on the horseshoe nail, so," writes President Pusey, "the good habit can influence destiny. This is why the custom of making annual gifts to the Harvard Fund has a cumulative effect of great meaning for the future of Harvard." While the Fund may have a limited influence on destiny, it is indeed important to the College. The moratorium on Fund activities during the Program provides time for a reassessment of the organization of the solicitors of the Fund...
Though sandwiched in between the world's two most populous giants, the mountain kingdom of Nepal is a sort of no man's land, as yet uncommitted to any particular time or to any particular future. Last week, having covered a Nepalese tour by U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, who is accredited to both India and Nepal, TIME Correspondent Donald S. Connery filed a report on a nation that seems to be having such a trying time breaking into the 20th century...
After two years of independence, the kingdom of Morocco is still without a constitution or an elected parliament; but power does not rest in the hands of King Mohammed V alone. The government has in effect been run by an uneasy coalition between the King, who became a national hero after the French made the mistake of exiling him in 1953. and the ultra-nationalist Istiqlal Party, which led the agitation for independence. Recognizing Istiqlal strength, Mohammed filled his Cabinet with Istiqlal men but chose as first Premier pro-Western Si M'Barek ben Mustapha el Bekkai...
Thus, on her 18th birthday, was Margrethe Alexandrine Torhildur Ingrid, popularly known as Daisy, installed as Tronfolger-heir to the throne and some day Queen of Denmark, of the Wends and the Goths, Duchess of Slesvig, Holstein, Siormarn, Ditmarsken, Lauenburg and Oldenburg, and 50th sovereign of the oldest continuous kingdom in Europe...
...clothes are a significant facet of character. "I think one must dress for other people...one should dress according to one's class. That's an important thing with me, class. In America, class is determined by money. That is not right. It is true that in the United Kingdom many persons in the upper class have lost their money, but that doesn't matter It depends on family. The upper class is not doomed, because it is a necessity...