Word: royale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good diplomat must always be diplomatic. Recently Rt. Hon. Sir Esme William Howard, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, Privy Councillor Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Ambassador to the U. S. from the Court of St. James's, proved himself a good diplomat when one James T. Carter, Lynchburg (Va.) lumberman, wrote him a letter demanding that Sir Esme "join hands with the U. S." by relinquishing the privilege of diplomatic liquor importations. The British Ambassador replied (via his private secretary) that he would willingly do so, provided...
After the Spanish War, Mr. Barlow obtained large tracts of land in what later became the heart of Havana. Their title rested upon a 400-year-old Spanish royal grant which bounded them "as far as a dog's bark can be heard." Cuban courts decided he had been despoiled of his property, but the Cuban Government refused to make redress and, vexed by his pestiferousness, expelled him from the island. Not only did Mr. Barlow appeal to the U. S. State Department for assistance, but he rowed with Secretary Kellogg whom he threatened to "bust on the nose...
...York County. Maitre d'Hotel Rene Black, "Master of Forty Sauces," hovered majestically. Quick was the Press to pick up this dining place as a likely morsel for public fun. Its menu prices were broadcast: chicken okra soup 65?, baked lobster thermidor $2, lamb stew $1.70, royal squab en crapaudine, $2.75, baked potato 450, coffee 45?, demi tasse 50?. Jokesters insisted that the park air was still free and that the poor did not have to pay anything to watch the rich dine in their park. To point the issue even more, on the day the Casino opened...
Wednesday. Following Stanley Baldwin's retirement. Ramsay James MacDonald went to Windsor, umbrella in hand, obedient to a royal summons, and accepted the King's command to form a new government. King George was out of bed and sitting up to receive him, but little Princess Elizabeth was noticeably absent...
...Exception: Such King's sons as are Royal Dukes...