Word: monarchism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kaiser Wilhelm II had a barricade of matting erected around his estate at Doom. Guards surrounding the house were increased, as was the small force of Secret Service men and detectives. These precautions are not to prevent the exiled monarch from escaping, but are merely designed to protect...
...whole populace of Cambridge-beyond-the-walls have made free with the walks as though they were public thorough-fares, and underclassmen have felt perfectly at home there. But tonight the cap and gown will be the only recognized uniform, and for once the Senior will be monarch of all he surveys...
...advantage of other countries, for it has had an excuse to print a new issue whenever a new president is elected, or an old one has died, or whenever some centenary has been celebrated, whereas kingdoms or empires can only issue new stamps when the ruling monarch dies. But now the custom is becoming prevalent of using landscape designs, and Europe is on a par with America. If the present exhibit is successful, a new international rivalry may be created. But the stamp shield is likely to produce still wider effects. Certain artistic collectors already use postage stamps for wall...
This will be the first time that a reigning British monarch has ever paid a visit to the Pope since the Reformation-1534, complete separation from Rome by Act of Supremacy, which made it treason to deny that Henry VIII was the supreme head of the English Church...
...constitution which has just been signed is a signal victory of democracy over the would-be autocracy that the King wished to impose on the country. In it Egypt is defined as a "free and independent State" with an hereditary monarchical constitutional Government, and the throne is reserved to the members of the family of Muhammed Ali, the founder of the present dynasty. Education is made free and obligatory for both sexes. All power is derived from the people and the legislative power is to be exercised conjointly by King and Parliament. The King and the Court did not, however...