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Word: royall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...returned thither, last week, to seek honest, humble rest. Over his grave will rise no ornate tombstone but at the head will rest a Crown of Clay, baked hard as porcelain. By this traditional symbol, the Republic of Mexico, which cannot crown a living hero, is accustomed to pay royal homage to the Heroic Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Must keep calm! | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

Last week Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York promenaded the Hall of Honor with Tobacco Chairman Sir Gilbert Wills. "I am reminded," said the Duke, "of a curious American substitute for such beautiful paintings, which came to the notice of my brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Portraits v. Keys | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

Passing on through Bristol, Their Royal Highnesses visited a Settlement where one Thomas Preen, 16, presented the Duchess with what he described as "a drawing of a caterpillar playing leap-frog with a rabbit and a mouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Portraits v. Keys | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

...each of the seven seas, tankers of Standard Oil of New York meet tankers of Royal Dutch-Shell Oil, bow and do not speak. Last week, Standard Oil of New Jersey reminded the two great rivals that neither has the world's largest tank fleet. The Chester O. Swain, acquired last week and named for a director of the New Jersey Standard, is the company's 96th tanker, the 40th operated under the U. S. flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: 96th Tanker | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

Said Sir Hugh Percy Allen, Director of the Royal College of Music: "At every turn, wherever we go, music is made a stop-gap to fill the silences which today humans cannot face. People are terrified of silences, so they have music and I consider it a great insult to music." Here the musical knight drew breath and a jazz-orchestra began bleating in the next room. Said he: "That finishes it, and I sit down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Knight Bleated Down | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

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