Word: leopold
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...huskies, called out the whole police force of Louvain, and got a plaster of paris replica of his smashed stones into place, while Architect Warren left disgustedly for Paris. Short-lived, however, was the Rector's triumph. Next day he received a message from His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Leopold of the Belgians, Duke of Brabant, who regretted that, under the circumstances, no member of the Royal Family would be present for the dedication of the new Library scheduled for July...
Royal Repentance. H. R. H. Crown Prince Leopold of the Belgians finally changed his royal mind, announced that he would attend the dedication...
...Author. Count Egon Caesar Corti, descendant of a noble Lombard house, a former officer in the Austrian cavalry, was the biographer of Leopold I of Belgium and Maximilian of Mexico. In his researches, the name of Rothschild recurred. Intrigued, he assembled more than 20,000 documents for use in this book, began preparations for a second volume...
...five exceedingly able judges who, if none of the offerings are good enough to get the prize, will award the money to the "development of creative musical work in America. . . ." The five: Olga Samarov, onetime critic (1926-27) New York Evening Post, concert pianist, divorced wife and friend to Leopold Stokowski; Leopold (Anton Stanislaw) Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, by some able critics considered the world's best symphony conductor after Toscanini; Rudolf Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, onetime (1921-26) conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Sergei Alexandrovitch Koussevitzky, Russian conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...reduction should be made in the case of another of the new Churchill taxes, namely that on British-made cigaret lighters. Against this proposal Expert Samuel, determined to defend his influenza-stricken Chief, set his lips and remained firm. He was then indiscreetly approached by Colonial Secretary Colonel Leopold C. M. S. Amery (strong, speechless man of the Cabinet), who whispered in his ear. At the conclusion of this dramatic whispering Expert Samuel reversed his decision of a moment before and consented audibly to a reduction of the tax on lighters. Thereby he gave the Laborites a prime chance...