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...century coming-of-age ceremony called kakan no gi (hat rites). Hiro, wearing a magnificent yellow robe, allowed chamberlains to replace the simple silk hat that once marked a minor with the ornate embi no ei (swallowtail ribbons) that symbolized manhood in ancient Japan. The presence of Grandfather Emperor Hirohito, 78, at the ceremony was especially auspicious. No other Japanese monarch has ever lived long enough to see a grandson switch hats...
...also learned diplomacy, a much less interesting topic. The tortuous negotiation of his years in exile are tedious, particularly since--as the book jacket warns--none of these promises of help from the King of France, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the King of Spain materialized. Charles II was finally restored to his father's throne in 1660 by his own subjects. Oliver Cromwell had died of natural causes, his son couldn't control the country, and the army called Charles II back from exile, amid popular rejoicing...
Wilson authored a forthcoming biography of Mao entitled 'The People's Emperor," which he described as "mid-level, between an academic and a popular work," because it draws from a variety of already published sources...
...tempting quick fix for inflation. Nearly 40 centuries ago, the Babylonian King Hammurabi established wage and price limits. They set, for example, the annual wage of a field worker at eight gur (75 bu.) of corn and that of a herdsman at six gur (56.25 bu.). The Roman Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 301 published official price lists that included artichokes and transportation by camel; any gougers were executed. The most recent American experience with general controls was President Nixon's 1971-74 program of freezes, followed by varying degrees of restraint...
...insurance executive and Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, whose late father King Peter II fled his country during World War II; and his wife of eight years, Maria da Gloria, 33, a cousin of Spain's King Juan Carlos and a great-great-granddaughter of Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil; their first child; in Chicago. Name: Peter...