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...some Kabuki melodrama, Emperor Hirohito's first visit to American soil occurred just a week before the official publication of a startling new book that proclaims him a major war criminal. Japan's Imperial Conspiracy (Morrow; $14.95) charges that Hirohito, far from being a mild and unworldly figurehead, personally supported and even encouraged the attack on Pearl Harbor. The main reason he escaped hanging was that General MacArthur needed his symbolic authority to maintain order during the Allied occupation of Japan...
Today, DeGrimston is the "spiritual figurehead" of the Church. According to one Boston "Processean," he and his wife are no longer affiliated with a chapter but are traveling, stay-in contact with the four present Process chapters, and visiting them on occasion...
Behind all this activity loomed the imposing figure of the Greek king. Firmly in control of the army and the civil service, the king was far more than a figurehead; he was the ruling force. It is true that the Palace tolerated minor shifts in the political colorations of successive regimes, but with the power to move troops and call elections Paul dominated the political scene. This would still be the case today with Constantine if the colonels had not pre-empted the royal junta with a coup of their...
...Dean of the Law School, Bok has had experience as a fund-raiser, academic lobbyist, figurehead and personable administrator. His role, however, has never called for him to surround himself with a large administrative staff, and this is where he will have his first impact as President-elect...
...uprising was directed not against the rule of the Sukarno government, whose reaction to the event was ambiguous, but against a group of high military officials and their supporters. General Suharto immediately instigated a coup (or counter-coup) and seized control of the country. Sukarno himself became a mere figurehead and was dislodged from office...