Word: emperor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Flashing uncharacteristic smiles, he toured a Toyota plant, called on Emperor Hirohito (with Mrs. Gromyko in tow) and magnanimously agreed to the release of 14 Japanese fishermen whom the Soviets had accused of poaching in Russia's territorial waters...
Yokoi was quite bewildered by his sudden return to civilization. He knew vaguely what jets were-"those strange planes whose wings are all swept back"-but he had not known that the emperor whom he had served so faithfully was now a mere mortal instead of a god. One of Yokoi's first questions to reporters was on a political matter: "Tell me one thing quick: Is Roosevelt dead?" The ex-sergeant burst into tears when told that his mother had died...
...John Gielgud), one or two sexual objects, a Napoleon, some rocks for the escape attempt and a sunset or two to be glowered at from cliff tops. Once these were assembled, Director Fielder Cook's imagination was set free to contemplate the psychology of the trapped Emperor...
Gielgud with straw hat and cigar plays Sissal as a lickerish hybrid of Winston Churchill and Malcolm Muggeridge. Cackling over the edge of a tub in which the Emperor is playing a nude scene, he tells Napoleon: "Talleyrand once told me you had four women in one night." This indeed is the stuff of history...
...poetry reading is one of the Japanese imperial household's ancient New Year ceremonies. This year's reading, just held, included poems by Emperor Hirohito, Empress Nagako and ten commoners-all composed in the 31-syllable waka style and dealing with the subject of mountains. An unofficial translation of Hirohito's entry, inspired by a plane ride over the Alps during his recent European tour: "Over the vast sky of Europe/ I soared up and high/ Catching a glimpse of Alpine ridges/ Rising above the sea of clouds...