Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swift and sure transition of power had already been arranged by the Saud family's council of elders. Within hours, Khalid was succeeded by Crown Prince Fahd, 60, his able and ambitious half brother, who has in effect been running the kingdom on a day-to-day basis since Khalid became King in 1975. In a voice heavy with emotion, the new King informed his countrymen of Khalid's death over Saudi radio. "Our love for him compels us to continue his march, pursue his hopes and complete his plans," he said. In accordance with Islamic...
...playoffs were held that year, and Krolick's was denied the opportunity to take home a well-deserved championship crown...
...been sent against the black savage since James J. Jeffries hurried out of retirement in 1910 to try to wipe the grin off the face of Jack Johnson. Rocky Marciano, who retired undefeated the year Cooney was born, was the last white American to wear the heavyweight crown. When Swede Ingemar Johansson shook Floyd Patterson loose from the title momentarily in 1959, Ingemar had one wonderful year to enjoy it. He was the last white champion. Since then, promoters have searched high and low, usually low, from Omaha to Bayonne, N.J., and found mostly inept white brawlers like Ron Stander...
Sheppe's academic interests are wide-ranging. The History and Lit major has a certain reputation among his peers for being an Anglophile, perhaps due to his repeated lighthearted threats to organize a New England separatist party to put the northeast "back under the rule of the crown, where it belongs." But Sheppe rejects the label vehemently: "Sure, I'm interested in things British. But I'm just as interested in a number of other things...
...English penal laws forbade Catholic priests and Masses, and barred the Catholic laity from voting for Parliament or holding offices of public trust. Only in the early 19th century did the laity, against the wishes of the Catholic hierarchy, work out a formula that combined political loyalty to the Crown with spiritual loyalty to the Pope. Though the Vatican never withdrew its anathema against the Crown, this year's diplomatic recognition relegates it to history's dustbin. Catholics regained full citizenship rights in 1829, the English hierarchy was re-established in 1850, and devout Catholics were allowed...