Word: marring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...debauching along the Riviera (TIME, Mar. 10), His Majesty, Sultan Ahmad Shah, seventh sovereign of the Kajâr dynasty, lost his job. No longer did Persians refer to him as Shâhinshâh (King of Kings...
Then there came in an account of his baby son, undebauched, being made a Shahlet (TIME, Mar...
...Britain on Germany, Aug. 4, 1914; France on Austria-Hungary, Aug. 11, 1914; Britain on Austria-Hungary, Aug. 12, 1914; Italy on Austria, May 23, 1915; Bulgaria on Serbia, Oct 14, 1915; Britain on Bulgaria, Oct. 15, 1915; Italy on Bulgaria, Oct. 19, 1914; Germany on Portugal, Mar. 9, 1916; Italy on Germany, Aug. 27, 1916; Rumania on Austria-Hungary, Aug. 27, 1916; Germany on Rumania, Aug. 29, 1916; Turkey on Rumania Aug. 30, 1916; Bulgaria on Rumania, Sept. 1, 1916; Greece (Provisional Govern- ment) on Germany and Bulgaria, Nov. 23, 1916; U. S. on Germany...
...been observed that Americans approach objects in art galleries much as a mortician approaches a cadaver. They take their hats off. They elevate their noses. They tiptoe. While this procedure is undoubtedly appropriate when the exhibit is very bad, John Sloan, at the Independents' exhibition in Manhattan (TIME, Mar. 24), urged the public to keep their hats on. Now comes Homer St. Gaudens (TIME, May 12), son of Augustus. Said he to newspapermen at the dedication of a new art museum in Houston: "Reassure your public that putting on felt slippers to draw near a picture is unnecessary...
...official log of Plane No. 2, recently made public for the first time, records the progress of the flight since the take-off on Mar. 9, and gives the complete itinerary projected for the last lap. The most hazardous point in the entire schedule is the stop in Greenland. Naval officers expressed apprehension as to the ability of the airmen to land on the ice with pontoons. Ice conditions are to be feared, as it will be impossible for the Navy to afford protection for the last 150 miles of the trip...