Word: regents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kingdom of Hungary has no King but is ruled by His Serene Highness the Regent, Admiral Nicholas Horthy, who maintains his unusual position by keeping up a personal Guard sworn to preserve, protect and defend Nicholas Horthy. From Budapest last week there arrived in the U. S. a significant picture (see cut) of the extremely practical Regent further entrenching himself in the devotion of his Guard by handing to the brave fellows on Christmas soap, bologna sausage, crockery, pots, pans and such especially prized gifts as an alarm clock and a meat grinder...
Months ago famed Swedish Humanitarian Eric Dahlberg warned his countrymen what might be the result of Haile Selassie's visit to Stockholm in 1925 as Prince Regent. On that occasion the little Ethiopian persuaded crack Swedish officers including General Virgin to resign from the Army, took them to Addis Ababa where they have trained Ethiopian troops. Said Herr Dahlberg: "We are not sure but what if Italian aviators fail to get our Swedish military instructors at Addis Ababa they may not try to get some of our Swedish ambulance units in the field...
...most profitable and pleasant era of Latin-Ethiopian co-operation and economic exploitation was about to open with mutual goodwill. To top off the deal with pink icing. Ethiopia at Latin insistence was admitted to full membership in the League. Only three years afterward Tafari, who had become Regent, complained of Britain and Italy to the League, having caught them exchanging notes with a view to recognizing the possession of "spheres of influence" by each other in Ethiopia. With the same technique that the Man of the Year used in 1935, but without causing an explosion of world interest, Regent...
...that period that he married Caroline Astor Drayton. Mrs. Phillips is a descendant of the Draytons whose name means as much in the history of Charleston, S. C. as her husband's does in Boston. In 1912 at the ripe age of 34, William Phillips retired to become regent of the college and Secretary of the Corporation of Harvard. Short-Sighted Hostess. In marrying Caroline Drayton, Mr. Phillips not only married more family and more money, but also
...should his successor possess ability and an understanding of human nature, but his post should become as important in practice as it is in theory. First, such an individual should organize the Yard Police on standards of efficiency and decency. Secondly, he should take over the duties of the Regent. Thirdly, he should have a seat on the Administrative Board. In other words, he should be a well-paid assistant to Mr. Hanford, who can intelligently aid the administration of undergraduate disciplinary policies and prevent the entanglement of Harvard in unsavory scandals...