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...train. The Emperor then took an oath to defend the constitution, which he suspended after seizing power in a 1966 coup. At the climactic moment, Bokassa, 56, crowned himself and placed a smaller coronet on the head of the youngest of his three wives, 28-year-old Empress Catherine. (Rumor has it that the Emperor also keeps a blonde Rumanian mistress on the side.) Two-year-old Crown Prince Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dressed in a white naval uniform, yawned occasionally during the ceremony and next day fell fast asleep at a postcoronation parade...
...sins. After that ordeal he was restored to his post as professor of philosophy at Peking University. Last month Feng fell victim to the campaign against the Gang of Four. His crime: writing a poem in 1974 that favorably compared Chiang Ch'ing with the dictatorial 7th century Empress Wu. The aged philosopher was excoriated as an "adviser" to the Gang who had "swindled the public" and "maliciously abused the proletarian revolutionary forces...
Shortly after an armored limousine had brought the Shah and Empress Farah onto the South Lawn, trouble broke out. The anti-Shah faction charged through the lines of mounted police and headed for the pro-Shah bleachers, armed with the handles of their placards and wooden two-by-fours that had been piled up for use in the annual Christmas pageant on the Ellipse. As the President began his welcoming remarks, police struggled to keep the two factions apart. The large white welcome banner was ripped to shreds. At that point, the wind carried the first acrid whiffs of tear...
Reeling slightly, the Shah sought refuge behind a white pocket handkerchief. The Empress, standing behind him, fumbled in her purse for dark glasses. Vice President Walter Mondale and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, eyes streaming, covered their faces. Only Carter, still speaking, refused to flinch. Tears rolled out of the President's eyes, but he made no move to wipe them. Recovering his composure when it was his turn to speak, the Shah thanked Carter for "your very warm welcome," and the official party quickly retreated to the White House. Out on Pennsylvania Avenue, it took police another hour...
...ruling will almost certainly be overturned by the High Court, and there are said to be other cases pending. At week's end the Home Minister was confiding that he fully expected to arrest Mrs. Gandhi again. But next time he had better strike hard at the erstwhile empress, or else the myth of her invincibility will continue to grow...