Word: vii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...snow, scratched on the sides of Nazi troop trains, chalked on Gestapo command cars, perpetually erased, perpetually reappearing, the omnipresent H7 was a perennial reminder to the people of Norway and to their occupiers that the true sovereign of their indomitable spirit was their exiled King Haakon VII...
...Philip of Great Britain and the Duchess of Kent). The young "sailor Prince," as he was called, agreed only if the people of Norway confirmed his choice in a national plebiscite. This they did, and on Nov. 27, 1905 Carl of Denmark ascended the throne of Norway as Haakon VII (after a 14th century Norwegian King). A tactful, well-loved, conscientious and friendly monarch, he was not too proud to be seen by his subjects riding the trolley cars or pedaling the streets of Oslo as one of them...
Last week, long ill from complications resulting from a leg accident he suffered two years ago, just before his golden anniversary, King Haakon VII, devoted ruler of his adopted country for 52 years, died at 85. His successor: Crown Prince Olav, 54, his only son, who became commander of Free Norwegian forces in Britain during World...
Under Grandfather's expert guidance, Gilles started on a career of pillage and debauchery, sadism and sodomy. The only year of his life that becomes him was 1429, when he fought side by side with Joan of Arc against the English, and King Charles VII made him, at 24, a marshal of France. But even this year of good behavior is challenged by those who believe that, aided by Burgundian friends, it was he who betrayed Joan. Skipping out on the wars, despite a pledge to the King to fight on, Gilles returned to Tiffauges, lived it up with...
...Mark VII; Warner) is a stiff salute from TV Star Jack (Dragnet) Webb to the Marine Corps drill instructor. A raucous prowl through the barracks and across the drill fields of Parris Island, the film is not based upon last year's tragic "death march" of a recruit platoon into the Carolina swamps. Made with the blessing and help of the Marine Corps, The D.I. might otherwise almost seem to be anti-Corps propaganda, su ruggedly, almost brutally does it portray the making of a young leatherneck...