Word: yardmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jewels seldom travel, but King George and Queen Elizabeth, responding to the costly hospitality of their French hosts, brought along $7,500,000 in jewels from the Tower of London, including the 106-carat Koh-i-Nur diamond for Her Majesty to wear at the Paris Opera. Two Scotland Yardmen were deemed enough to guard the Crown jewels, plus 50 blue trunks and pieces of luggage, each lettered in gold, THE KING. Their Majesties left the channel port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by special train for Paris over a cleared track guarded by 50,000 French troops...
...past by this very system the Freshmen have been admitted to the Houses for a few weeks before choosing their future homes, to facilitate the selection. This period of privilege is not long enough for making an intelligent choice; it certainly does not satisfy the desires of the Yardmen and the Rivermen to enjoy each other's company. Therefore it must be granted for all time...