Word: documention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elderly monarch, an heir with a troubled marriage, rumors of adultery...but wait. This heir is Crown Prince MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN of Thailand. Concern about his temperament rose recently when an official document was posted outside his palace alleging that his second wife, whom he married two years ago (although they have five children), was having an affair with an air force officer who worked for the royal family. The document bars the alleged adulterers from the palace, adding, "Should they be seen, the public is requested to chase them away...
While I have become a master of all that is Xerox (I taught Mr. Rose himself how to use the 'Document Feeder' function of our machine) the other half of my mornings, the research component, is far more interesting...
...boxing tournament at the 1988 Seoul Games was marred by several controversial decisions, most notably one that gave a gold medal to Korean Park Si-hun over American Roy Jones Jr. According to a report in USA Today, British author Andrew Jennings says he has obtained a document from the files of the former East German police that apparently describes payoffs to judges to fix fights in favor of South Koreans. The charge is contained in his book The New Lords of the Rings...
...document examines diversity from a historical context, invoking theories of John Locke and J.S. Mill who, Rudenstine writes, emphasized the value of diversity of ideas in creating the best possible educational environment...
...master criminal. Many minor characters of menacing mien, dubious loyalty and short life expectancy. Computer and explosive technology to die for (many will). An imperturbably resourceful undercover agent (in this case Tom Cruise) who must, among other strenuous chores, penetrate a supposedly impregnable vault wherein reposes a secret, sacred document that everybody else is pursuing too. And last but not least: a helicopter/train chase ending in the predictable fireball that equally predictably fails even to singe Cruise's beetle brows...