Word: dealt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forget him. A new royal family was established in Buckingham Palace, and the most beguiling member of it was an impish little Princess known as Margaret Rose. For the moment at least, all had become right again with the world, in Britain anyway. But the blow that Edward dealt the institution of the Crown was not forgotten...
Chop Off His Head. The monarchy into which Princess Margaret was born in Scotland on the stormy night of Aug. 21, 1930, was still securely bound in the tradition of Queen Victoria. But a scant six years later, it was dealt a severe blow in the abdication of vacillating King Edward VIII, now Duke of Windsor. In recent weeks, many have rushed to draw a parallel between that Crown crisis and this, but there is not much to compare in the two. Edward was the King-Emperor, the personal embodiment of the sovereign power in a Britain still governed...
...February 1952 King George died. Stricken deeply by the first real blow ever dealt in her sheltered life, Princess Margaret turned for comfort to the church and to Peter Townsend, himself a deeply religious man. Meanwhile, the circumstances that put Elizabeth into Buckingham Palace and sent her mother and sister to the comparative obscurity of Clarence House made Peter Townsend more indispensable than ever. In the midst of a domestic crisis of his own, he took complete charge of readying the new residence, managed the Queen Mother's purse strings and even supervised the mixing of the colors...
...inconsistent quality of guest speakers dealt unfairly with the Athenaeum's reputation. Distinguished guests were not helpful, and poor guests proved ruinous. It now seems logical to allow only student debate unless an exceptional outside speaker is available...
...next pre-sunup chore was an esthetic delight; it dealt with 20 top-quality Angus steers soon to be translated into dollars and cents at the Tennessee Fat Cattle Show. Joe snapped on the lights in the main barn, climbed into the loft and scooped measured feed mixtures into the chute leading to the cattle shed below...