Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...host of history's third summit conference of nonaligned nations, Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda was determined to turn his capital of Lusaka into a place fit not only for a king, but also for an emperor, three princes, an archbishop, 14 presidents, eight prime ministers and other assorted representatives from a grand total of 54 states. In little more than four months, the leader of the copper-mining country of 4,000,000 did just that. At a cost of $10.4 million, Kaunda erected a sprawling village complete with broad boulevards, 62 villas (each with swimming pool...
...Japan's surrender her husband was more communicative. By then, because of military setbacks, he had been dismissed as Premier, had lost his general's rank and had been ousted from other government posts. They listened together to the radio announcement by Emperor Hirohito. As she remembers, Tojo received the news calmly and took another cup of coffee and a cigarette, his only luxuries, to help him to formulate his thoughts...
Morse is good when he is making a case, and some of his writing, particularly the last chapter of the book, is stunning. And his collation of the letters, diaries, and journals with the poems provide some striking insights: the actual events which led to "The Emperor of Ice Cream" and "The Ordinary Women," when juxtaposed with the texts, makes for exciting critical handiwork. But what one asks most from the biography-the anecdotes, the psychology, the flesh, the sheer literary gossip which would go a long way toward taking Stevens out of the half-light of his insurance office...
Regent Erwin, who was appointed to the board by Governor John Connally in 1963, is a rich, 50-year-old Austin lawyer, a longtime crony of Lyndon Johnson's, and a former Democratic National Committeeman. He is now emperor of the University of Texas. His idea of a great university is one where teachers teach, students study and regents govern at his direction. His strict construction of those views has kept him at constant odds with students and faculty...
...massage or hot towel treatments; while the occupant's hair is being clipped, an electrical system in the chair gently massages his back and calves. Takara's salesmen boast that their chair is fit for a king. Two users of the chairs are Japan's Emperor Hirohito, who had one installed in his Tokyo palace, and King Bhumibol of Thailand...