Word: emperor
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...that the Chou Emperor who ruled China in 1090 had one empress, three consorts, nine spouses, 27 concubines and 81 assistant concubines, whose rotation of duty was exactly scheduled over the course of each fortnight so that the women of highest rank occupied the imperial bed on the nights closest to the full moon...
...self-proclaimed "emperor" of the Central African Republic, Bokassa, had the strong support of Shuman Gonen, an Israeli general and respected member of Israel's Herut party. Gonen reportedly tried to build up international support for the "emperor," whose bloody regime was eventually toppled. In Malawi, Israelis reportedly may even be training government squads that practice torture. (11) And news stories about the recent visits of Israeli defense officials to Zaire to set up arms and training arrangements often did not mention that Zaire's dictator, General Mobutu, is considered by some to be one of the most ruthless...
Along with the press corps went two sets of camera crews from the White House. One was the Navy videotapers who customarily record presidential travels for the archives. The other was from the Republican National Committee. At the Emperor's dinner for the Reagans in Tokyo, there was not room for both crews; the Navy was excluded while the Republicans got in. Space was so tight at the North Korean border that most of the regular press corps had to be left behind at a camp below, but the Republican camera crew was assigned a choice position. When these...
...Reagans dined last week with Japanese Emperor Hirohito at a glittering affair in his Imperial Palace, and with U.S. troops at a field kitchen in South Korea's Demilitarized Zone. They were entertained at a tea ceremony and a yabusame exhibition of mounted archery by riders arrayed in samurai costume. The President essayed a line in the Japanese language during a speech to the Tokyo Diet; First Lady Nancy Reagan visited a Japanese grade school and delighted the youngsters by scrawling the Japanese character for "friend...
...says the manuscript was "botched" in the first go at this 300 years ago--particularly in the identification of the emperor, and not a ghost-writer, as its author...