Word: riviera
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principality of Monaco, a tiny country embedded in the French Riviera, eight square miles in area, sounded the League on how its application for membership would be received. "Too small," said the League. Said Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor...
...debauching along the Riviera (TIME, Mar. 10), His Majesty, Sultan Ahmad Shah, seventh sovereign of the Kajâr dynasty, lost his job. No longer did Persians refer to him as Shâhinshâh (King of Kings...
Many towns on the Black Sea were reported to be sliding into the water. Practically the whole south coast of the Crimea, the Russian Riviera, is affected and the once fashionable Alupka has moved three feet seawards...
...Ahmad, ex-Shah of Persia, was ousted by the Persian Parliament (TIME, April 7), because he had "spent too much of his time debauching along the Riviera." Upon hearing the news, Ahmad wept great tears, "walked around in circles, lamenting his fate in Oriental fashion...
...speaking to him and Mr. John D. Rockefeller burnt his tongue with his hot milk at the mere mention of his name." According to his publishers, Author Arlen, aged 25, "likes dancing and baccarat and is a tournament tennis player." He summers between Deauville and Biarritz, winters on the Riviera, springs in Venice, autumns in Mayfair...