Word: crowning
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...until 2017. That's not how they see things at the Pentagon, however. Its Defense Science Board recently urged the Navy to begin planning the next-next-generation attack submarine--one that will be better and bigger than the U.S.S. Virginia. America's attack-submarine force is "a unique 'crown jewel' for the United States," said the board. Unmentioned was the fact that the real crown jewels, those of the British monarchy, have been retired to a museum...
...Crimson is to win a fourth consecutive conference crown this year, it will have to do so via a route with which no member of the squad is familiar--playing catch...
...loved flying his own plane and was married to an American -- Queen Noor, formerly Lisa Halaby. (She was his fourth wife: A youthful marriage to a Palestinian woman ended in divorce, as did his union with Toni Gardiner, daughter of a British Army officer and mother of his heir, Crown Prince Abdullah; a third bride, the Palestinian Queen Alia, was tragically killed in a helicopter accident...
AMMAN, Jordan: Palace intrigue worthy of Shakespeare has rendered the Mideast's most stable country something of a wild card. Jordan's King Hussein on Monday removed his brother Hassan as his successor to the throne; named his 37-year-old son Abdullah as crown prince; and then immediately flew back to the U.S. for further cancer treatment. "Jordan suddenly has an acting head of state who wasn't even in contention for the crown a week ago, and this creates a measure of uncertainty," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "Not that there's any reason...
...Hassan ran the kingdom during King Hussein's six-month cancer treatment in the U.S., but on his return last week the king was plainly unhappy with his brother's performance. "The letter explaining Hassan's ouster as crown prince was more abrasive than it needed to be," says MacLeod. "It refers to palace infighting and meddling in the army during his absence, and serious differences of opinion over who would succeed Hassan to the throne." Hussein always wanted to leave the throne to his own progeny, and when Hassan cast doubt on that prospect, the king wielded...