Word: regente
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...retire soon as expected, what more natural than that the able husband of one of the nation's richest women should hope to succeed to his glittering job? Attesting their eligibility, Joe Davies & wife have rented for the Coronation one of London's stateliest houses, The Holme, Regent's Park mansion of the second Mrs. Marshall Field...
...free . . . to discuss with you in open meeting the question of whether or not Dr. Frank . . . should be reappointed for the year 1937-38." Stolidly Mr. Wilkie described how he had told Governor La Follette that a "change would have to be made in the presidency." Regent John P. Callahan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Regent Daniel Grady a Portage lawyer, Chairman Wilkie said agreed with him. The three had "conferred" with Governor La Follette. Regent Callahan volunteered to break the news to Dr. Frank. From that time, Chairman Wilkie complained, President Frank had been charging that there...
...popped Regent Grady to amend this narrative. Said he: "Why, Harold, my first inkling of the purpose of the meeting was when the Governor stated: 'I believe the University is slipping and that there is a serious question of whether Dr. Frank should be retained...
...Said Regent Callahan: "Yes, that's right. It was the Governor's idea...
...Edward continues to beat his head against customs, he will be unhappy and will wear off the crown the lustre which his three predecessors worked hard to add. The way out of the maze is for him to resign, handing over the sceptre to a regent in trust for the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke of York and heir apparent. This dignified gesture would hurt the crown much less than the current hush-hush hocus pocus, and would allow all parties to breathe easier...