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...tactics, decided to win his place "constitutionally." Rightly confident that there was voters' magic in the name Napoleon, Louis ran for the French presidency in 1848, won by comfortable millions. After swearing to uphold the Republic and constitution, he proceeded to ditch both, and in 1852 declared himself Emperor Napoleon...
...sometimes beautiful delivery of Peggy Polk, Nancy Curtis, Keith Gardiner, and Harold Scott, exploited well what the poem had to offer. But to me this was not a great deal. Junger's language is often musical and thrilling, but his images of fallen glory (grey Byzantium, the sleeping emperor, druids) and modern confusion (herds of taxis, flame-winged planes, departing stars) seemed little more than trite. At times it was difficult to escape the feeling that one was being served warmed-over Yeats. For me this use of commonplace imagery counteracted the strength which language alone might have given...
...declared that the church believes in rendering unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, but that it also insists on rendering unto God the things that are God's. The letter quoted the "gemlike words" that Hosius, Bishop of Cordova, wrote to the all-powerful Roman Emperor Constantius in 353: "Remember that you are mortal. Fear the Judgment Day. Keep yourself pure for that day, and do not get involved in ecclesiastical matters . . ." Perón's undaunted Information Office, which cares neither for bishops nor emperors, ordered the Argentine press to ignore the letter...
...bored baron" (Utaemon Ichikawa), the D'Artagnan of Japanese fiction, too bored even to bother with the dish that has been laid before him-and it isn't sukiyaki. Enter a messenger: a pretender to the throne has appeared. Is he or is he not the emperor's true son and heir? The baron will find out-or will he? Boinnng! A knife sprouts in a post beside his head. Swish! Thirty assassins, black-robed like torturers in medieval Europe, jump out of the rhododendrons at him. Snick-snack! The baron, an ineffable swordsman, puts them easily...
...over India the Lohars converged on Chitor. In the great plain below the landship fortress, their 4,000 bullock carts were drawn up in huge circles like the covered wagons of American pioneers. Over their wagons flew tattered Rajput sun flags (symbolizing the god Rama) and banners reading, "Hail Emperor Nehru." Few of the tribesmen had ever heard of Prime Minister Nehru, but they knew that a great badshah (ruler) had offered to succor them at Chitor, a place they had always avoided in their wanderings...