Word: emperor
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...gaps or deleted expletives. The taped conversations between Japan's Emperor Hirohito and 55 of the guests who were invited to his semiannual parties are a source of pride in the imperial palace. They are in fact being made into a record album. Among the voices of prominent Japanese on the LP is that of Sadaharu Oh, the home-run king who last fall topped Hank Aaron's 755 record. "What exactly was the most difficult thing in setting your home-run record?" asked Hirohito. "The overwhelming expectation on the part of my fans," replied...
...pitch-black room. The movement is wondrously intricate, breathtakingly quick-and hugely comic. In another excerpt, called Monkey Makes Havoc in Heaven, the stage is filled with men, tumbling, bounding, flailing at one another in a skirmish between the forces of a Peer Gyntish Monkey King and a Jade Emperor whose court has been invaded by the delightfully wicked, white-faced simian. Martial art is transformed into high art as the lightning-fast conflict develops...
Presumably, the Bretons singled out the treasures of the Napoleonic era because of the Emperor's untrammeled imperialist ambitions. The Breton nationalists have attempted to stir up support for their cause among other regional independence movements in France, including those in Alsace, Réunion, Guadeloupe and Corsica. But last week's bombing of Versailles was bound to backfire on Corsica: there the island's most celebrated native son, Napoleon Bonaparte, is still a national hero...
...price of the auction: $2,214,000 for a gleaming Mosan medallion made in A.D. 1150 for the Abbey of Stavelot in Belgium. On behalf of the Nuremberg art museum, a London dealer paid $2,029,500 for another 12th century enamel, an arm ornament made for Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's coronation robe...
...coloratura cascades in Mitridate as the old King's fiancée; Baltsa stands out as Farnace, Mitridate's arrogant son. In La Clemenza, Baker's unique timbre and intensity fire the role of the vindictive Princess Vitellia, and Burrows is appropriately regal as the forgiving Emperor. These are definitely collector's items...