Word: nadir
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...Nadir of Disrepute...
...holders of utility stocks should be heartened by the acquittal yesterday of Sam Insull, hounded by a vengeful government in every far corner of the world, only to be hailed "not guilty" by the courts. This verdict following on the heels of the recent Tennessee pronouncements may mark the nadir of utility disrepute. Perhaps the majority of utility stocks have at last passed into nobler and purer hands who will at some later time, dispense them at profitable prices as a reward for their virtue and foresight...
...national university. Credit for its gradual civilization must go to three kings: 1) the chuckleheaded Amanullah, who built racetracks, Roman arches, cinemas, and tried to force his outraged subjects into trousers until they rose up and chased him from the country (TIME, June 23, 1929 et ante) ; 2) Nadir Shah whose more tactful program was cut short by assassination last year; 3) Mohammed Zahir Khan, Nadir Shah's son, who is concentrating on the practical business of building up an efficient modern army...
Through Afghanistan, through all the bazaars of India ran contradictory rumors that the assassin had been an agent of Russia, of Amanullah, of one of Nadir's brothers. The Afghan Government branded a "low-class Afghan," one Abdul Khalliq, as the assassin, assured the Afghan Minister in London that "everything is absolutely all right...
...Nadir Khan was hardly cold before his supporters clapped the crown on the head of his only son, Mohammed Zahir Khan, 19. French boys who went to school with him in Paris called the new king "a good fellow and a good horseman...