Word: emperor
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...true, as David Bergamini alleges, that the Emperor of Japan steered his nation into World War II, lost the war and then emerged smelling like a rose to become chief of state of the world's third superpower, perhaps he really is a god, after...
...corporations' $17 billion of direct investment in Canada. Perhaps some of that feeling will dissipate when the surcharge is removed, if it does not remain in effect too long. In addition, Nixon plans to visit Ottawa next spring; the trip could serve, as did his meeting with Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage, as a symbolic reaffirmation of U.S. good will. But such is the disrepair of the once easy relationship between Ottawa and Washington that it will take more than symbols to convince Canadians that the U.S. is not out to improve its trade at the direct expense...
...dropped out of sight for extended periods, only to make a dramatic reappearance-swimming in the Yangtze River, standing atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking, greeting a visiting dignitary. Last week, after yet another tantalizing absence, Mao was back again, this time to welcome Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie to Peking. As one of the 27 aides who accompanied the Lion of Judah told it, the Chairman seemed in the pink. Mao "was smiling and waved his arms to greet his royal visitor," he reported. As the two leaders began their private 105-minute talk...
...Republicans. The new mood stems from Nixon's revelation of an impending journey to Peking and his New Economic Policy, generating a momentum he has tried to sustain since then. The pace continued last week, beginning with his flight to Alaska for his meeting with Japan's Emperor Hirohito, which may have slightly soothed that nation's bruised feelings over both Nixon's Peking and economic ventures...
Imperial Tourists EMPEROR Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan flew on to Copenhagen after their meeting with President Nixon in Anchorage last week, and began their seven-nation good-will tour of Europe in Denmark. Then it was Wednesday, and that must have been Belgium, where Hirohito signed the Livre d'Or at the unknown soldier's monument in Brussels. Hirohito was handed a ritual sword with which, according to custom, visiting dignitaries fan the eternal flame. Obviously unsure what he was supposed to do with the thing, Hirohito gave a military salute instead. When he visited Waterloo...