Word: throned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Defeated, 434-to-58, a motion presented by Sir Herbert Samuel, leader of the Orthodox Liberal Opposition, censuring the Speech from the Throne for its "lack of constructive policies...
...three champagneful years on the throne, Carol II has had ten Cabinets. Queerest was that headed by his boyhood tutor, bearded, rheumy-eyed Professor Nicholas lorga who spent much of his time inspecting the Government's stenographers and girls in the public schools, severely rebuking any whom he caught wearing shirtwaists too snugly revealing or not perfectly opaque. Disgusted with the King and his favorites, Peasant Leader Dr. Maniu went into opposition three years ago and resigned as head of the Party in favor of M. Alexander Vaida-Voevod whom Carol induced to act as Premier (TIME...
...debated last week, Sir Henry's bill will come up for action after Parliament adjourns this week and at once reassembles to be "opened" by George V on Nov. 21 with his Cabinet's autumn declaration of policy, the Speech from the Throne...
...four years Afghanistan's hero has been her King, bespectacled, spade-bearded, ruthless Mohammed Nadir Khan. In 1929 Afghanistan was a shambles. Nadir's nephew King Amanullah, whose Western reforms so angered Afghans, had fled the capital (TIME. Dec. 24, 1928 et seq.). On the throne sat bloody Bacha Sakao, an upstart chief whose name meant "The Water Boy." Backed by the royal family's bribes of the Durani, Uncle Nadir marched on Kabul. He caught one of the Water Boy's favorite generals and his staff, boiled them all in vegetable oil. Water Boy picked...
...After which they will adjourn so that George V can open Parliament on Nov. 21 with the Cabinet's autumnal declaration of policy, the Speech from the Throne...