Word: royal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fellow Royal Society of Arts Washington...
Majesty, the royal and imperial grandmother asked amiably: "Whom have I the honor of receiving?" Announced Lilybet: "Lord Bathtub and Lady Plug!" This caused not a flicker upon the countenance of Her Majesty, but after the game was over she asked, "How did you happen to think of such queer names?" "Oh, we didn't think of them," explained Lilybet. "While we were dressing up to play, Uncle David came in. We told him we needed some new names and he suggested 'Lord Bathtub and Lady Plug...
...backward.* Last week His Majesty ordered that the actual situation created by enactment of the Statute of Westminster (TIME, Dec. 14, 1931 ) be squarely faced. Under this statute Edward VIII is a multiple monarch, separately King of each "country," separately acting upon the advice of its Premier. Therefore by royal command last week the age-old Coronation ceremonial will be overhauled and altered enough to make each Dominion feel that its King is being crowned as such in Westminster Abbey on May 12, 1937. Further, His Majesty let it be understood that there is no reason why a multiple monarch...
Anthony Thorne looks not unlike Richard Halliburton, and both have the endearing faculty of telling tall tales. Last week Author Thome's third book made the resemblance seem even stronger. Though he has not yet taken the royal road to the ladies-lecture platform, Anthony Thorne is obviously hoping for Hollywood. Down Come the Trees is too improbable a yarn to impress even a hot-weather reader, but its cinematic possibilities are patent. The crudely-drawn celluloid silhouettes in his latest story can be seen through at a glance, but enlarged by Hollywood sound and fury they might well...
...tall, impassive Englishman who looks like Boris Karloff, plays golf as if it bored him. Bored or not, he does it better than anyone else in England. For winning four major tournaments in a row, bookmakers made Padgham favorite to win the British Open championship. At Hoylake, the Royal Liverpool Golf Club's course famed for its length (7,078 yd.), he last week...