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...sportsmanlike was the President in turn, that just before last week's election he announced over the radio that he would vote for his organist opponent himself. He could well afford the gesture; of all Africa's political figures, none except the Emperor of Ethiopia has shown greater staying power than "Shad" Tubman...
Willie claims descent from the Emperor Monomotapa ("He who plunders and gathers beautiful women"), who ruled 500 years ago; the Va-Mhani branch of the Varozwi tribe has been without a King since 1936, when Willie Samuriwo's father died. After numerous petitions, the Southern Rhodesian government agreed to let the throne be filled again, and last week, after King Willie passed his frightening test, he received his "crown"-a prosaic white sun helmet...
...REBEL EMPEROR (352 pp.)-Flavia Anderson-Doubledoy...
...bite or two of a ham sandwich. Michi had her hair washed and reset, and, over a white and gold Western dress, for the first time donned the pearl-studded, golden Order of the Sacred Crown. At 2 p.m. the young couple officially reported the marriage to the Emperor and Empress. After exchanging cups of sake and going through the ritual of symbolic eating, the prince and his bride stepped into a rust-colored carriage for the five-mile drive to his Eastern Palace-a shabby place, cluttered with clerks and files on the first floor, and no match...
...sight, but Akihito's unprecedented marriage was not quite the big draw everyone anticipated. Though officials had expected at least 1,000,000 people to jam the streets, only about half that number showed up; modern Japan preferred to watch the proceedings on television. Back in 1924, the Emperor's wedding had cost $1,500,000; the bill for Akihito's, with all banquets and receptions included, will come to only $140,000. The crowds waved and cheered, but not with the same frenzied banzais that once greeted the heir to the Emperor...