Word: lording
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ernst Reuter, Lord Mayor of Berlin, visiting in New York, reassured the West that "We in Berlin never talk of war. We know there will be no war . . . Our common aim is only peace." However, "we live much too near the Soviet paradise to want to be incorporated...
Princess Margaret, 18, growing up to shoulder more & more of royalty's responsibilities, appeared in Bristol for a straight-faced inspection of some naval cadets. Passing down the line with a solemn escort, headed by the Lord Mayor in full regalia, she managed to brighten an otherwise somber picture...
Casino audiences, with Denmark's Queen Alexandrine, Britain's Lord Mountbatten and France's Maurice Chevalier, among others, floating in & out, had first heard a week of French music, a week of Italian music, and an English week. For the semaine americaine, slim, nervous Conductor Jascha Horenstein was having his troubles...
This time Lord Mildmay looked for better luck. Before he climbed up on Cromwell at Aintree last week, he said, "I am full of confidence." But confidence soon left the Mildmay rooters in the crowd of 300,000 who jammed the 4½-mi. steeplechase course. As the field of 43 thundered over the first hazardous jumps, the long-legged Lord let three outsiders steal a long lead on the favorite. He seemed to be concentrating on getting safely, rather than quickly, over the jumps. It was hard to cavil at this: 32 of the 43 horses failed to finish...
...winning jockey was Irishman Leo McMorrow, a pro from Mount Shannon, County Sligo. Said he: "It's a once in a lifetime. Lord Mildmay? Poor beggar, he's a heart of fire, but he'll never make...