Word: edicts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conundrum of what to wear on their own heads had bedeviled the wedding's female invitees, as Sophie had asked them to remain hatless. While the Queen Mother, 98, ignored the edict, others adorned their hair with feathers...
...course every building at Harvard comes with its own share of stories to tell, from the "remove-no-stone" edict which accompanied Mrs. Widener's gift to the curious absence of doors on the Holyoke Center. And Maxwell Dworkin has its own share of peculiarities...
...President Daniel arap Moi appointed Richard head of what is now the Kenya Wildlife Service. Richard raised hundreds of millions of dollars and revamped Kenya's approach to wildlife conservation, heavily arming antipoaching units and instituting a controversial edict permitting the shooting of poachers on sight. He resigned in 1994 amid politically motivated accusations of corruption, racism and mismanagement--only to be reinstated by Moi 4 1/2 years later...
...Creon, the governor of Maryland (Edie Bishop '00) has declared that the Union Army brother will be buried with honor while his Confederate brother is left to rot. Creon's niece and the soldiers' sister, Antigone (Sabrina Howells), however, is determined to bury both brothers in spite of the edict and the protest of her sister Ismene (Jacelyn Huberman '01). The conflict between the obstinate Creon and her equally determined niece is at the heart of this work...
...Frankly, such an edict from the FDO ischilling and begs the question, what next? No sexin Freshman Dorms because sex is a 'dangerousactivity' through which various diseases can bepassed?" said Michael A. O'Mary '99-'00, a formercouncil member...