Word: regente
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...Belgium's Prince Baudouin last week assumed the dull duties (though not yet the full pomps) of kingship. In Brussels, the Belgian Parliament voted to accept King Leopold Ill's offer to stand down from the throne; Baudouin would become "Prince Royal" and act as regent until his 21st birthday, then become king. Thus Parliament hoped to end the state of near-civil war which has rocked Belgium since Leopold's return from exile (TIME, July...
There were cries of "Vive le Prince Royal." Baudouin walked woodenly out of the chamber. That evening, the new regent got down to work, accepted the resignation of the government and began consultations with political leaders to select a Premier. Social Christian Paul van Zeeland accepted. Baudouin's father, meanwhile, who had so stubbornly and desperately wanted to be King of the Belgians, stayed in gloomy Laeken palace, a virtual prisoner at his shadow court. This week, Leopold flew to Geneva, brought back his wife, the beautiful Princess de Rethy, to brighten the shadows...
Sophomore MacKenzie seemed to have no overpowering reason for wanting to be a regent, but Coach Sheeketski did, A onetime Notre Dame star halfback (1931-32), he had gone on to coaching at Holy Cross, served with the FBI during World War II, arrived at Nevada in 1947. There he did well. He got enough money from the Reno Downtown Boosters Club to attract some first-rate players, was able to launch Nevada into big-time football...
...announcing his candidacy last week Coach Sheeketski offered a simple platform: put Nevada's athletic program "on a sound business basis . . . Any legal voting resident of Nevada is eligible to run for regent. The law doesn't set up any exceptions...
Incumbent Regent Albert Hilliard, a Reno attorney up for reelection, thought otherwise. As a university employee, he argued, Sheeketski had no right to run. Otherwise, members of the faculty would also feel able to run for regent, and the result would be "complete confusion." He said he would move to have Sheeketski dismissed as coach...