Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prince Philip, son of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia, youngest sister of the present Emperor of Doorn, has been in love with the tall, handsome Italian Princess for some years, but the Italian King and Queen have steadfastly opposed the marriage because the Prince is a Protestant and the Princess a Catholic. There were obviously other reasons. The intervention on behalf of the lovers by Princess Yolanda, who is happily married to Count Carlo Calvi di Bergolo, allegedly overcame their Majesties' scruples and the marriage is to take place. The date was not mentioned...
...selfish reaction to this jog. Thunderheads follow clouds, each basker lying to himself about his selfish reaction. A storm bursts, with rumblings of anger, shaft of malice, gales of recrimination, deluges of tears. The sun reappears when, for a motive of her own, a delicious minor character-the spinster sister of the durable male friend -shoehorns some one else into the host's desirable London position. As basking is resumed, it is observed that "every quarrel, however trivial, contains all the quarrels that are older than the hills...
...sister to every other Scout...
Engaged. Miss Isabel Rockefeller, grandniece of John Davison Rockefeller, to one Frederick W. Lincoln Jr. His sister, Miss Florence Lincoln, married William A. Rockefeller, cousin of Miss Rockefeller...
...dreaded hour I knocked at his door, and told him my errand. He stepped into the hall and in a stammering way said. "I hardly know how to begin. Some years ago a man in the Law School died, and for several years his sister used to send me five dollars to give to some student who could not go home for Christmas Day. Recently, one of the men to whom I gave the five dollars returned, and gave me back the five dollars doubled. Now, I wonder if you would feel hurt if I should ask you to accept...