Word: marquisate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stubbs's diligent studies paid off in other ways. As England's recognized authority on horses, he was swamped with commissions from hard-riding country gentlemen for portraits of their favorite mounts. They were rarely disappointed. Such Stubbs champions as the Marquis of Rockingham's yellow sorrel...
Meet the Press (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC). Britain's Anthony Eden faces Newsmen Marquis Childs, Alistair Cooke and Herbert Matthews.
In addition to several likenesses of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette, the first draft of an honorary degree presented by Harvard to the Marquis in October 21, 1784, will be on display in the main courtyard through the balance of the week.
The treasurer of the College recorded the occasion with an entry on the books reading, "1 dinner for the Marquis de la Fayette, 15 pounds 19 shillings."
The Future In Black. The marquis regretfully concluded that the Czar was not far wrong about the Russians, at that. "Other nations have tolerated oppression; the Russian nation has loved it; she still loves it . . . An oppressed people has always merited its suffering; tyranny is the work of nations . . . However...