Word: rocca
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...colts-remnants of the famed stable of the late August Belmont, being sold by a red-faced auctioneer. No one told him of the prices: how his father, Fair Play, went to Joseph E. Widener for $100,000; his mother, Mahubah, brought a miserable $8,000; his friends Dona Rocca and Blue Grass $40,000 and $27,000 respectively...
Other appointments made: M. de Fleuriau, Minister to Peking, to be Ambassador to Great Britain in place of Comte de Saint Aulaire; Senator Réné Besnard to be Ambassador to Italy, displacing M. Barriére, who for 27 years has represented France at Rome; M. Peretti della Rocca, Director of Political and Commercial Affairs at the Quai d'Orsay, to be Ambassador to Spain in room of M. de Fontenay; Comte Charles de Chambrun, Director of Press Service at the Quai d'Orsay, to be Minister at Athens; Deputy Jean Hennessy, ardent supporter of the League of Nations...
...upon all occasions: 'Keep silent and obey;' but we do believe that discussions at the present time are most in opportune." Eventually Benito came hurrying home to slap the hands of the naughty and insist upon discipline, quiet and obedience within the Fascista Party. Deputy Rocca, close friend of Benito and one of the 52 founders of the Party in 1919, dared to answer Benito back. Benito expelled him from the party, stating that his attacks upon Signor de Stefani could only be termed "libelous manifestations of political disloyalty which can only be explained by sup posing that...
Deputy Massimo Rocca countered Farinacci's cutting insinuations by publishing many articles in many papers, attacking the "Savages" and Finance Minister Signor de Stefani for having granted oil leases to a group headed by the American, Harry F. Sinclair...
Score St. Patrick's 1 Harvard O. Goal by G. Burnett. Penalties: Bremot, 2 min, unnecessary roughness; Owen, 2 min., illegal check; Bigelow, 2 min, tripping. Referees: George Gan, Fred Roeque. Goal umpires: Rocca, Edwards. Time, three 15 minute periods...