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Word: yules (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large walnut bed in which His Majesty was expected to sleep, a trusted aide condemned it as "too formal," sent it back and had an informal little number rushed aboard at the last moment. According to the Nahlin's proud owner, "Britain's Richest Widow" Lady Yule: "She is the most beautiful yacht in the world and the most seaworthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Aug. 17, 1936 | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

...vacation plans were announced by the King who fortnight ago canceled his summer lease on the $350,000 villa on the French Riviera of Actress Maxine Elliott (TIME, Aug. 3). He turned last week to the "Richest British Widow," Lady Yule, whose husband Sir David ("The Scottish King of the Indian Jute Trade") left some $100,000,000 to her and Daughter Gladys. To King Edward, Lady Yule leased her $1,350,000 yacht Nahlin (an Indian name meaning "Fleetfoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Aug. 10, 1936 | 8/10/1936 | See Source »

...English festivities, including the bringing in of the Yule log, the processional bearing of the boar's head, and the baron of beef, are being revived this Christmas and New Year's season at the Chateau Frontenac, on the site of the ancient Fort Saint Louis, in Quebec...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vacation's Gayety Open to Harvard Students in Quebec | 12/14/1934 | See Source »

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