Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reign of Reason...
...Catalans can feel now they are true sons of a country rich in glorious tradition. I interpret the sentiments of all of them, when I say that Sept. 25, 1932 will be recorded on the pages of history as ushering in a reign of reason and justice on Iberian soil...
...British Association for the Advancement of Science (continuing its York meeting) gave to the subject of cricket bats. Dr. Grace's father, uncle, and four brothers (notably the late great Edward Mills Grace who also was a doctor of medicine) were able cricketers during Queen Victoria's reign. But William Gilbert ("W. G.") Grace was incomparably the world's greatest all-round player the game has ever produced. A huge (6 ft. 2 in.) player, with his bushy, grey beard, dinky red & yellow cap and sometimes cranky disposition, he was as well known as Disraeli or Gladstone...
...twice Chancellor of Austria (1921-22, 1929-30); of heart disease; in Gutenbrunn, Austria. Beginning as a clerk in the police department Dr. Schober rose to the high office of head of the Austrian Federal police which position he retained until his death. For some years during the reign of Emperor Franz Josef he safe-guarded the security of visiting monarchs, met Edward VII of Great Britain from whom he learned English. Regarded as conservative, Schober was trusted and liked by the anti-Marxists, the nervous bourgeoisie and the Jews, especially during the years immediately following the War. Famed...
...ivory-spectacled Hirohito is not Emperor of Japan by the grace of God. Rather his people conceive that their country is an Empire by His grace. Last week this extraordinary personage, adored as the "Son of Heaven," faced firmly one of the most involved and ominous crises since his reign began six years...