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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...throne, and the prince's younger brother, Prince Alfonso, 13. In an official press release covering the princes' visit, Don Juan was significantly referred to as "august," a peculiarly monarchic adjective in Spain and a word applied officially to no blueblood since the abdication of King Alfonso XIII...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 5, 1954 | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

...Venice. He was still poor, still giving away his few belongings and launching quixotic business ventures to help his flock. To one visitor he complained that a gold watch he had been given was engraved with the patri archal arms and therefore could not be pawned. When Pope Leo XIII died in 1903 and Cardinal Sarto had to go to Rome for the conclave, he did not have enough money for the railroad fare and the Catholic bank in Venice refused to lend it to him. He got his loan from a Jewish friend and bought a round-trip ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New Name in the Book | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

Examination I Friday, June 4 II Wednesday, June 2 III Thursday, May 27 IV Tuesday, June 1 V Thursday, June 3 VI Wednesday, May 26 VII Friday, May 28 VIII Friday, June 4 IX Friday, June 4 X Tuesday, June 8 XI Monday, June 7 XII Saturday, May 29 XIII Saturday, June 5 XIV Friday, May 28 XV Tuesday, June 8 XVI Tuesday, June 8 XVII Wednesday, May 26 XVIII Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exams Will Be Held From May 26-June 8 | 4/13/1954 | See Source »

...century of fascinating contrasts. Literature nourished. Corneille, Racine, Moliere, La Fontaine turned out their masterpieces; Pascal wrote his Pensees, Descartes his Discourse on Method. Medicine, meanwhile, was in a parlous state. In one year, Louis XIII was bled 47 times, got 212 enemas. Louis XIV got the same kind of treatment, but, despite everything his physicians did, he survived for 77 years. By that time, he had done his full part to prepare the deluge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Le Grand Siecle | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

Examination I Friday, January 22 II Monday, February 1 III Wednesday, January 27 IV Thursday, January 21 V Friday, January 29 VI Thursday, January 28 VII Saturday, January 30 VIII Friday, January 22 IX Friday, January 22 X Tuesday, January 26 XI Saturday, January 23 XII Monday, January 25 XIII Wednesday, January 20 XIV Saturday, January 30 XV Tuesday, January 26 XVI Tuesday, January 26 XVII Thursday, January 28 XVIII Thursday, January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Schedule | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

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