Word: savoyism
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Married. Sinclair Lewis, novelist; to Dorothy Thompson, newspaperwoman; at Saint Martin's registry office in London. Only two friends were present as witnesses. After the wedlocking Mr. and Mrs. Lewis went to the Savoy Chapel for a benediction, then began a tour of England in a bungalow on wheels. Said Mrs. Lewis: "We hope eventually to settle on a little farm somewhere in the United States- probably in New England...
...moments later the royal motor passed slowly over cobble stones still wet with blood drawn by the bomb. A pandemonium of cheering rose about His Majesty: "Viva il Re! . . . Glory to Savoy! [the Royal House] . . . Live! Long live the King...
...variety before the ideals of a League of Nations." It seems plain that he laughs at the League because he feels secure of the united Italy behind him. If he is dreaming of building up a second Roman Empire, starting with Tyrol, he might well continue with Corsica and Savoy. He justifies his annexations of Tyrol by saying that the Brenner Pass is the natural boundary between Italy and Austria and the logical place to separate the countries, but he forgets that natural boundaries mean nothing at the present time with modern methods of warfare. Blindness and ambition alone...
...Mussolini's bravado in the case of Austria is explained by the martial weakness of that country," continued Professor Langer, "while he does not employ it with Savoy and Nice, the real power of the opposition. By this catering to the public taste, and by such means as his bringing out a bust of himself as successor of the old Romans, he shows his understanding of Italian hearts and their love of the spectacular. Thus he makes himself a hero in their eyes. I don't believe that he personally believes very seriously his superficial policy of reconstructing...
Anciently Sardinia was colonized by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans. By the House of Austria it was ceded in 1720 to the Dukes of Savoy in exchange for Sicily. Thus it is the modern seat of the ancient House of Savoy, now the reigning family of Italy...