Word: reign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...upon which Italy entered the War? No, the Soldier-King, as the Italians call him, would not hold his jubilee on that day. He recalled that June 7 was Constitution Day, commanded that, on that day, would be celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his reign. It is typical of him to choose such...
...exotic atmosphere, impregnated with incense, conducting mystical rites in ancient choir stalls, etc. Once a telegram, signed by both, was sent to the King. Then, Mussolini had gone to Gardone to induce d'Annunzio to be present at the Silver Jubilee of King Vittorio Emmanuele's reign. But newspapers recalled a recent speech of the poet airman in which he had said...
...blued by the schoolmaster's rod. She had seen George V throned and Edward VII laid away. She had seen the great Victoria, Queen and Empress, go to her last rest and, 64 years earlier, had seen the girl Victoria take the crown. She had seen the entire reign of William IV. And in 1830, at the age of 5-two years after she had mastered the little hieroglyphics that are the alphabet-she remembered donning a little black and white mourning frock for George IV, may he rest in peace. Last week, Britain mourned for her, and Britain...
...trial of terrorists implicated in the Sveti Krai Cathedral explosion began and evidence read established positively the connivance of the Third (Communist) Internationale in the short-lived attempt to overthrow the Government and institute a reign of terror. One Zadgorsky, sacristan of the Sveti Krai Cathedral, said that he had been a Communist for several years, had been bribed with money received from Bolsheviki to permit one Vasco to place bombs on the roof of the Cathedral and had, on the fatal day, signaled when the building was full, whereupon Vasco had fired the fuse to the bombs. One Friedmann...
Long contradictory despatches came daily from Sofia throughout the past week. They told a tale of arrests, shootings, more bombings, discoveries of incriminating Communist documents. There was an unbelievable amount of exaggeration which made the situation so hypertrophied that it looked like a veritable reign of terror, instituted by the Tsankoff Government. Indeed, Foreign Commissar Georg Tchitcherin, sitting at his desk in Moscow, was horrified to hear of the excesses committed at the orders of Premier Tsankoff and his Ministers...