Word: knights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Knight of the Gooseberry...
...good diplomat must always be diplomatic. Recently Rt. Hon. Sir Esme William Howard, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, Privy Councillor Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Ambassador to the U. S. from the Court of St. James's, proved himself a good diplomat when one James T. Carter, Lynchburg (Va.) lumberman, wrote him a letter demanding that Sir Esme "join hands with the U. S." by relinquishing the privilege of diplomatic liquor importations. The British Ambassador replied (via his private secretary) that he would willingly do so, provided...
...Similar is the case of radial air-cooled gasoline motors, and in-line water-cooled gasoline motors. Patents, however, still endure on Knight sleeve-valve motors. Hence in the U. S. only Willys-Knight and Steams-Knight as yet may use that type in passenger cars. Charles Y. Knight, sleeve-valve inventor, still lives, richly and quietly, in California (TIME, Sept...
...limousine for Royalty's town use is a Daimler Double-Six in deep red with scarlet hairline trim. The twelve-cylinder engine is of the "Knight," or sleeve-valve type, and the cost of the chassis alone exceeds $9,000. Until last week Their Majesties used a 1924 Daimler of exactly similar color...
...contemporary history of Canadian railroads is found in the careers of Canadian Pacific's Beatty and Canadian National's Thornton. Beatty was born a British citizen; Thornton became one (1916). Both have been honored by the British Crown. Beatty is a King's Counsel; Thornton a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire. Both played football, Beatty at University of Toronto; Thornton at University of Pennsylvania. Beatty was Canadian Pacific President at 41; Thornton president of the Canadian National Railroad at 41. Both came from railroad offices, not from railroad tracks. Beatty took over a strong system...