Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...intelligence operatives to cancel trips abroad. To woo the refugees, he offered them permanent settlement in Jordan and announced that Palestinians living abroad would no longer need visas to enter Jordan. Into Hussein's palace last week streamed delegations of Jordanian notables to pledge their loyalty to the crown. It was a command performance: some who did not show up have been arrested. There was no doubt about it; Hussein was in trouble. Everyone was watching the signals from Cairo. So far, Nasser had not publicly and personally come out against the plucky little King. If he should...
...measure of national interest in this device is a sleeper bestseller titled How to Avoid Probate (Crown; $4.95). Written by Norman F. Dacey, who calls himself "America's best-known estate planner," the hefty paperback consists of a 50-page blast at lawyers and 300 pages of assorted forms that readers are urged to use in setting up revocable living trusts. In Dacey's version, a man puts most of his estate into life insurance, makes a bank trustee but directs the bank to invest the estate in a mutual fund. While the bank pays his heirs...
...STORY OF A YEAR, by Denis Butler. In the 900th anniversary year of the Norman invasion, Author Butler memorably measures the price of Hastings in terms of the man who died there (Harold of England) and the man who survived to wear the crown (William the Conqueror...
...young artists, writers, intellectuals and university students, they are opposed to just about everything. They have urged the government to paint all Amsterdam chimneys white to eliminate smoke and soot. They have also printed dynamite recipes for anyone interested in blowing up the burgomaster's house. When Crown Princess Beatrix married West German Diplomat Claus von Amsberg last March, they threatened to spike the city's water supply with LSD and stampede the horse-drawn wedding coach with a herd of white mice. Last week in a fourday riot, the Provos proved that they were no laughing matter...
...JEWEL IN THE CROWN by Paul Scon. 462 pages. Morrow...