Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most pleased of 1,849 passengers was the U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, sedate Robert Worth Bingham, fresh from a hearty "Bon voyage!" wished him by King Edward VIII amid the pomp and gold and scarlet of the second levee of His Majesty's reign at St. James's Palace day before the Queen Mary Ambassador sailed. "A splendid ship!" glowed Ambassador Bingham. "She vibrates somewhat, as all fast ships must, but the Queen Mary is splendid...
...belie the name of "strike", the Student Union's Peace Committee can at last take credit for raising Harvard pacifistic celebrations to the level of reason and respectability. An attitude of calm and mature deliberation held sway in Sanders Theatre yesterday which marks a decided improvement over the late reign of terror on Widener's battle-scarred steps and will inevitably do more real good for the cause of peace. Professional patriots like the Legion cannot attack the gathering at Sanders as they handled rebellious Chicago school children, or obfuscate the appeal of men such as Prall and Darvall...
Venezuela's counterpart of the French Bastille is Caracas' vast, dreadful Rotunda Prison, into one of whose small cells there were sometimes crammed as many as 34 shackled prisoners. Last week the Government which succeeded the long reign of implacable Dictator Juan Vicente Gomez removed the last political prisoner from the Rotunda to a new prison nearby. The Rotunda was opened as a museum piece of past tyrannies. The public was cordially invited to inspect its square quarter-mile of horrors...
...think to reign upon thy heart
...Good." Dog trot is the tempo of the new reign, and last week Britons were about ready to take preliminary stock of it. Out from Court circles rippled rumors that thus far every member of His Majesty's Government who has had private audience has afterward been heard to say, in effect, "He's good...