Word: sovereignity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...colonized by Phoenicians, was given by Emperor Charles V to the Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem on condition that the Knights of St. John would acknowledge Spanish suzerainty by sending him, annually, a falcon. The Knights of St. John, afterward called the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, repulsed 38,500 invading Mohammedans at the siege of Malta in 1565. Later they admitted members of the European nobility into their order. Last week the Knights of Malta, still flourishing, gathered in Rome to elect a Grand Master, after forswearing "hate, fear, love...
...those times when advancement in public affairs came through the royal favor it was not thought beneath the dignity of gentlemen or even of scholars to try to win that favor by paying court to the sovereign person. Now that such advancement must come from the people, why should it be thought undignified for gentlemen or even for scholars to pay court to the sovereign people." It savors of sour grapes for educated men to despise public office. They know that they could not get elected nor could they deliver enough votes to get appointed by some...
Angry Arizona lost its big and probably ' final chance to block construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam last week. The Supreme Court dismissed Arizona's suit to enjoin California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and the Federal Government from undertaking this enterprise as a trespass on its sovereign rights (TIME, Oct. 27). Ruling that Arizona's rights were not injured by the project, Mr. Justice Brandeis declared: ''As the Colorado River is navigable and the means which the act provides are not unrelated to the control of navigation, the erection and maintenance of such...
...King of Siam. Last week this potent small man (98 Ib.) was en route to clasp hands in Washington with President Hoover. When he does so the King of Siam will be the first Oriental ever to enter the White House with the rank and dignity of Reigning Sovereign...
...Supreme Court of the U. S., Arizona, unwilling partner to Hoover Dam, has pending a suit to halt the construction as an infringement on its sovereign rights...