Word: viktor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst von Hohenzollern, 69, eldest son of the late Kaiser Wilhelm II, great-grandson of Britain's Queen Victoria; of a heart ailment; in Hechingen, southwest Germany. During World War I, as commander of the Reich's Fifth Army, he took a decisive beating from Marshal Pétain at Verdun, fled to ignominious exile in Holland. In 1923, he returned to Germany, hoping to succeed his deposed father, instead bowed to Hitler, joined the Nazis. Near the end of World War II, the French found Wilhelm hiding in Austria...
Looking at Viktor Hatschier, there can be doubt that his exciting life has agreed with him. Handsome and youthful in appearance, the twinkle in his eye suggests that he is far from ready to end his colorful career which, he admits, "sounds like something you'd never believe if you saw it in the movies...
...Viktor Hatschier's appointment as manager of the Harvard Faculty Club last October is the most recent episode of a story-book career that compares with Benvenuto Cellini's "Autobiography" for variety and excitement. Like the versatile hero of the Renaissance, Hatschier is an artist, nobleman, soldier, adventurer, and writer. His art is the preparation of fine foods, but his career as an internationally known restaurateur has been spiced with dabblings in many other fields...
After a short visit to Arabia where he met Ibs Sand, Count von Hatschier (Viktor Hatschier's rightful title when he wants to use it) went to India. While in Madras, he built a hotel and gatuexed enough information to write "Tower of Silence," a novel about British imperialism...
...meat," declares Mr. Viktor Hatschier, Club manager, "is definitely not coming from retired race horses." He explains that it is imported from the West where steeds are specially bred for consumption. They are fed corn, oats, and a plant residue from the beat sugar industry until they are fat enough to be slaughtered and shipped...