Word: emperor
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...list of international society in the 16th century: the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Alfonso d'Este, Duke Federigo of Mantua, Ippolito de' Medici, several ancient and cunning Popes, doges, admirals, art dealers, intellectuals. Even those who were deadly enemies, like Francis I of France and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, had in common the fact of having been painted by Titian. The story of Charles V picking up a brush that Titian had dropped and handing it back to the painter may be apocryphal, but it sums up the sense of deference and even awe that Titian...
...about this. You know, modern science was imported into China from the West. There were periods when we completely accepted modern science, and others when for decades we rejected it. Three centuries ago, we used modern astronomy for a short period to establish the Chinese calendar, but suddenly some emperor opposed it, and astronomers were even killed. Only at the beginning of this century did we completely accept modern science. It is the same with democracy. Sometimes we have been open and pro-democracy; sometimes for decades we have been completely closed and isolated and under a dictatorship. This fluctuating...
Bismarck was convinced, and probably rightly, that France would never permit a united Germany, so he provoked Emperor Napoleon III into a misguided declaration of war. Moltke invaded France with 300,000 men, trapped the French at Sedan and captured the Emperor and 100,000 of his men. When an improvised government in Paris proclaimed the Third Republic and vowed to continue the war, Moltke insisted on besieging Paris. By now it seemed clear to the German princes who had followed Prussia into the war that their future lay in a united Germany under Prussian leadership. Bismarck artfully arranged...
Until last fall, that is, when Penrose brought out the book The Emperor's New Mind, an in-depth discussion of the relationship between artificial intelligence, consciousness and the laws of physics. Despite its complexity and intellectual rigor, the book quickly jumped onto the best-seller list. And just like his friend and sometime collaborator Stephen Hawking, the once obscure Penrose suddenly found himself showered with publicity. The professor was so unaware of how much the book was earning that he asked his editor whether there was enough to cover a few thousand pounds...
Koreans hoped for an abject apology for Japan's brutal occupation of their country from 1910 to 1945. What they got instead was the Emperor's lukewarm expression of "deepest regret...