Word: rulers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Prince Franz Josef II, 36, ruler of the half-pint-sized (65 sq. mi.) peaceful Principality of Liechtenstein, between onetime Austria and Switzerland; and Countess Gina Wilczek, 21, granddaughter of the late Viennese Count Hans Wilczek; in Vaduz, Liechtenstein...
...earth, was the center around which the planets were set. Montaigne described man as a "miserable and puny creature" for whom the universe cared nothing and who was "only another animal." Niccolo Machiavelli not only saw man as a cunning beast but insisted that the royal ruler of men must be a super-beast, without moral scruples in his control of the state and in his relations with other nations. As a final blow, England had broken away from the religious sovereignty of the Pope and established a national religion...
Helsinki: Marshal Mannerheim, whom the Allied High Command had today recognized as ruler of Finland, was interviewed by our correspondent. "I am a great believer in Democracy," the Marshal said, "but I have hundreds of thousands of dossiers* to go through yet, and you must remember that Rome was not built...
...must not absorb your space to handle the interpretation that "the Emperor might well emerge himself as a wise and statesman-like ruler," other than to express regret that a man whom I admire for years of factual reporting has joined the ranks of others who feel we could use the Emperor as a guidepost, that we must not broadcast anything overseas which would offend the son of heaven, and that we must renounce a military governorship or invasion of Japan. This unfortunate position ranks with the belief that Korea should be left to Japan as a mandate! This reflects...
...becomes a first love with its leaders, and the duty of laying the periodical down to sleep can be truly painful. But the staff of the "Guardian," realizing that publication can continue only at the expense of the quality of the magazine, have chosen to put aside the type-ruler and the copy-pencil until the more important task is finished...