Word: czars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FEMA advised him otherwise or nudged the White House when the reality of the damage finally sank in. "I don't think it's wise to declare martial law," says Fascell, "but when we know we have a catastrophe headed our way, we should have a highly visible disaster czar with a definite command structure to deal with it early on, and obviously that's the military...
...NINE SKELETONS DUG UP LAST YEAR FROM A PIT NEAR Yekaterinburg, Russia, were not just any old bones: they were believed to be the remains of the murdered Czar Nicholas II and his family. If that were true, scientific examination of the remains could solve some of the mysteries surrounding the 1918 Bolshevik execution of the Romanovs. But would anyone believe the conclusions of the Russian investigators? To ensure credibility, government officials took the unprecedented step of inviting a team of American forensic experts to examine the remains and offer an independent assessment. "That's tantamount to the U.S. asking...
...bare room on the second floor of the forensics institute in Yekaterinburg last month, Levine and three colleagues studied the recovered skulls, bones and teeth of five females and four males. Their conclusion: these were indeed the remains of the Czar, along with his wife Alexandra, three of their daughters, the family doctor and three servants, two male and one female...
Kevin and Ian Maxwell, sons and business associates of the late publishing czar Robert Maxwell, had trouble enough already. Kevin was indicted for conspiracy to defraud banks and for stealing from the pension funds of his father's employees, while Ian was hit for bank fraud. Now a British court has assessed Kevin $778 million in damages for his actions as a director of the firm that managed the funds. Ian's penalty is pending...
...young Russian student at the Historical Archive Institute in Moscow decided to unravel the mystery of what really happened to the Czar. Edvard Radzinsky later became a successful playwright, but he never abandoned his quest. He has now produced an unforgettable book in which the evocative power of the dramatist is enriched by scholarship...