Word: titular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washington, State Department officials emphasized that the shift appeared routine. Whoever serves as Soviet Ambassador to Washington may well be only the embassy's titular head, with the real power in the hands of someone more obscure...
Delegates also approved a resolution cal ing for a vigorous, worldwide evangelist] campaign in 1953, the 250th anniversar of the birth of Methodism's founder, Joh Wesley. As the titular leader of U.S. Mett odists, Philadelphia's 56-year-old Bisho Fred P. Corson, new president of the Metf odist Council of Bishops, puts the emphasi on attracting youth. "The Communist! Fascists and ultra-fundamentalists, like tb Youth for Christ," he said, "all came t power via the youth movement. We mu< face that fact and recognize that they suf plies some sort of inner urge...
Unlike his three-year-old son Prince Charles, who on his mother's accession automatically became Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Grand Steward of Scotland, the Duke of Edinburgh has no change in titular status: he is still simply the Queen's husband. It is an awkward and difficult position. His last predecessor was Victoria's German-speaking husband, and Britons took a long time getting used to Albert. Philip, born in Corfu and once sixth in line for the Greek throne, is a great...
...Privileges are only a paltry make-believe, if not a fool's paradise," wrote Shri Hanwant Singh Bahadur, the titular Leader of Kings, King of Kings and Maharaja of Jodhpur. "Shorn of old feudal and autocratic character, a prince in free India should now rise to the level of Common...
...elections are not held until January, Deguglielmo was assured a majority of the city council votes at a Cambridge Civic Association caucus held before the council meeting. The Cambridge Civic Association candidates comprise five of the council's nine members. The mayor is a councillor, but also acts as titular head of the city and presides at all social functions...