Word: dominione
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...Lions reestablished dominion in their den, yielding only a combined eight points to their next three Crimson opponents. Though Columbia was virtually assured of victory after posting a 22-3 lead, it was humbled somewhat by Harvard Co-Captain Pete Holmes, a modern-day wrestling Daniel...
...announcement signaled the end of one of the century's longest-running political dynasties, a father-to-son reign that lasted more than six decades but also saw its dominion shrink from the world's most populous nation to a ( small island off the mainland of China. Shortly after 8 p.m. last Wednesday, programming on Taiwan's government-owned television and radio stations was suddenly interrupted. Premier Yu Kuo-hwa was shown addressing the central standing committee of the ruling Kuomintang (Nationalist Party). Speaking in somber, measured tones, he announced that President Chiang Ching-kuo, 77, son of Generalissimo Chiang...
...whether such assistance is really wise. Regular international rescue efforts do little to encourage recipients to learn to feed themselves, the skeptics argue, and a tougher approach just might force Ethiopia to mend its ways. "What will aid do?" asked Britain's Economist last month. "It will strengthen the dominion of Ethiopia's ignorant rulers. The weather is the only calamity not directly caused by Colonel Mengistu . . . and his cronies. Their Russian advisers have taught them to run vast state farms that produce no food. Imitating Stalin's anti-kulak terror, they have shot 'hoarders and saboteurs' prudent enough...
Navy placed first in the women's races, clipping Radcliffe by 15 points, while Old Dominion University checked in second, only six points ahead of the Black and White...
Empire offers many small pleasures in place of an absorbing whole. Vidal obviously sees his characters stumbling into the same folly of worldly dominion that has undone all previous empires. On the other hand, the end is not yet. And while life remains, it is probably smarter and more profitable to be charming than to despair...