Word: marquisate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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1) FRANCESCO GONZAGA, FOURTH MARQUIS OF MANTUA, by Ferrara's ERCOLE ROBERTI, imprisons a princely child in a formal 15th century portrait without robbing him of boyishness. (The Samuel H. Kress Collection )
Librettist Joe Darion fairly faithfully followed the saga of archy, described by his creator, the late Columnist Don Marquis, as a sensitive cockroach who had to express himself or die. For archy, writing was even more painful than for most poets: he had to type each letter by diving headfirst...
Hinton's long-absent children, Joan, 33, and William, 35, made congressional-committee headlines as proCommunists (TIME, Aug. 9), the school caught a whiff of bad publicity. But, respected and liked in her Vermont community, Rugged Individualist Hinton attracted the children of some of the nation's top...
Baboons & a Beard. Last week the last of the Grimaldis, his strapping and handsome Serene Highness Prince Rainier III, Due de Valentinois, Marquis des Baux, Baron de St. Lô, Compte de Carladès and seigneur of many another feudal fee, returned home from an African vacation to reassume...
In 1865 the Marquis of Queensberry drafted his twelve immortal rules and turned "barbarous pugilism" into a gentlemanly sport. The Marquis outlawed such unsporting features as wrestling, hugging and shoes with springs. Last week the Indiana State Athletic Commission added a new refinement to boxing (and wrestling, too). Henceforth, announced...