Word: crowningly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Citizens of the tiny British crown colony of Mauritius, 1,400 miles off the African coast, take their politics seriously. The island's 32 newspapers and one radio station covered the latest parliamentary election campaign in twelve languages from English to Urdu. Interest ran so high that nearly 90% of the eligible voters cast ballots, and Premier Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's Independence Party, which campaigned on a platform calling for complete freedom from Britain, won 43 of 70 seats in the legislative assembly...
...state occasion in Buenos Aires' majestic Colon Theater. In honor of visiting Japanese Crown Prince Akihito, the city had scheduled a gala performance of Stravinsky's ballet Rite of Spring, and Juan Carlos Ongania, the retired general who seized power last year, had agreed to attend. Ongania was not enjoying himself. In the middle of the performance, he rose from the presidential box and ushered his wife and 28-year-old daughter Sara to the rear. Rite of Spring, he informed Mayor Eugenio Schettini the next day, was a dirty ballet and should not be permitted in Buenos...
After three months of Communist harassment, general strikes and riots, business in Hong Kong goes on as usual. There has been virtually no physical damage to mercantile property in the British crown colony. There are no bombed-out stores, no burned and looted buildings, no factories wrecked by sabotage. Taking stock, most firms have found that they have lost only a day or two of production time during the entire affair...
...astonishing resistance of the Hong Kong business community is based on the fairly widespread belief that for Peking, economic benefits of earning more than $400 million a year of hard currency by trading with the crown colony will continue to outweigh an easy political victory. Even so, long-term reaction to the disturbances may affect the colony adversely. Of critical importance is investors' confidence in the future. A free market in foreign exchange and fine banking facilities, plus few government restrictions, still make Hong Kong a tempting place to do business. On the other hand, how long will that...
Life with Father. Alfried followed the script. He and his seven younger sisters and brothers (none of whom shared his status as a Krupp crown prince) were cared for by tutors and servants on an ordered schedule. For one 50minute period each evening, Alfried was to play with Father, like...