Word: v
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George V of England: "I shot grouse on the moors and am said to have lived up to my reputation as one of the best shots in England. Simultaneously my son, Wales, visited his horse farm and set what is said to be a record by jumping 150 fences in one morning...
...fact, a little oasis of peace where the mind can recuperate from all Modern and Vital Questions?where it can even laugh at them without rancor. All out of a country library, in the shade of an. appletree! S. V...
...this type of story). The narrative told how Lady Louise Mountbatten had jilted the Crown Prince of Sweden out of love for a poor painter, frustrating the ambition of King George to marry his kinsmen to people to wealth. Said Miss Margery Rex: "You mustn't think George V takes tips or percentages off the weddings of his kin to persons of means"-the point being that King George is worried about supporting poor relatives
...Messieurs?Mesdames?faites vos jeux!" S. V...
...weeks ago won the Canadian quarter-mile title at St. Catherine's, Ont. He then splashed over a choppy mile-and-a-quarter course to the national singles championship. In his wake struggled Hilton Belyea, fisherman-oarsman of St. John, N. H., 1922 Canadian champion, and Paul V. Costello, of Philadelphia, 1922 national champion...