Word: dynasticism
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Yet Serbia continued to resist, helped by Austria or Russia, who valued the Balkans as a buffer against the Turk, or betrayed them if it suited their purposes. Early in the 19th Century the great Serbian King Kara George fought Turkey with Russian aid, got a limited autonomy with Turkish...
Of seven marriageable princesses Bertie quickly picked Alexandra of Denmark. The choice was biologically a good one, but it headed Bertie and Britain, through Europe's interlocking dynastic feuds and Bismarck's intricate Machtpolitik, straight for World Wars I and II.
One report had it that an old lung ailment had returned and that inactivity had been prescribed for her. Another report (published in Paris by the weekly Aux Ecoutes) had it that the ambitious Edda had recently overreached herself in a quarrel with Crown Prince Umberto and his wife, the...
Another epistle cherished by Taylor is one he received from President-emeritus Lowell following his resignation; and, to make the dynastic documents complete, he has one signed by President Conant thanking him for congratulations on his appointment.
Egypt's palace dictatorship died last fortnight with King Fuad I (TIME, May 11). Last week Egyptian politicians worked fast to take over the Government. As 16-year-old King Farouk I arrived from England to move into his new job, Egypt's overwhelmingly popular Wafd Party swept...