Word: patronism
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...were recaptured and officers went about the business of returning communized farm lands to their old landlords. Then up rose the 8,000 recruits. Were they not fighting for the Nationalist Government? Does not the Nationalist Government revere the late great Dr. Sun Yat-sen as a hero and patron saint? Is not one of Dr. Sun's first principles the restoration of land to the peasants...
...owns a motor car is ipso facto assumed to be rich. In Europe and in South America automobile clubs are the acme of smartness.* Last week rich & smart Germans were profoundly stirred by the decision of their National Automobile Club to adopt as its Patron "His Imperial and Royal Majesty Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia...
...Jean-de-Luz, Biarritz and Paris. Peasants from miles around sleep in wagons, in the fields, or do not sleep at all. For four days from 6 a. m. until long after midnight sleep is next to impossible while Pamplona celebrates the Fiesta of San Fermín, its patron saint. There are bullfights, street dancing, parades of huge grotesque figures, much drinking of strong Spanish wine. But by far the most exciting ceremony-one which takes place only at Pamplona-is the encierro (driving of the bulls...
...subsided, General Weygand spoke a few words on the spur of the moment. As academy tradition demanded, he eulogized the late Immortal whose seat he was tak ing, Marshal Joffre. Paradoxically General Weygand was wearing when he took this seat the Academic regalia of Marshal Foch, enemy of Joffre, patron of Weygand. Strutting out after the ceremony in his laced & looped jacket, General Weygand clapped on the plumed hat that went with it, was jocularly congratulated on the perfect fit of his Foch togs...
Louis Eckstein, patron of Ravinia Opera M.F.A...