Word: regente
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...Prince Regent Hirohito† has not only fostered the introduction of tennis into Japan but is an inveterate long distance horseback rider, and a swimmer of remarkable strength. During a recent swimming exhibition off the famed Isshiki Beach, Prince Hirohito donned a bathing suit, seized a rifle, and entering the water, proved his skill at the peculiar Japanese pastime of shooting at a target while treading water. Later he applauded enthusiastically a group of expert swimmers who donned ancient Samurai suits of metal armor and thus clad swam an exciting race. As everyone knows, the Prince of Wales and Prince...
...Created Regent in 1921 on account of the continued infirmity of the still living Mikado Yoshihito...
...purely hypothetical "Hellenic Republic" by Dictator Kondylis. Admiral Koundouriotis, 71, has been by tacit consent the ornamental and gentlemanly figurehead of Greece since the departure of King George II from Athens (TIME, Dec. 31, 1923). For a time the hard-boiled adventurers who are exploiting Greece dubbed the Admiral, "Regent." Two years ago he was styled "Provisional President," and during the last few months of the Pangalos regime he was forced to resign and suffered an eclipse which is now styled "illegal." What manner...
...Republican nomination in Wisconsin is usually equivalent to election. † A regent of the University of Wisconsin, and reputedly responsible for the election of Dr. Glenn Frank to its presidency...
...Appointed "Regent" and later "Provisional President" after the exile of King George II (TIME, Dec. 31, 1923). He was forced to resign this post by General Pangalos but was recalled to it last week by Dictator Kondylis. † i. e. Dictator de facto...