Word: harems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...social preeminence of the top rooster (Alpha) discouraged interference. In 46 days, he attempted 175 matings, scored 112 successes. Rooster No. 2 (Beta) made 244 tries, succeeded only 54 times. Omega (the No. 3 rooster) made only eight tries, and did not succeed at all. Even when given a harem of his own, he sulked in impotent frustration...
...Hospital-nearby built a City drain-till his faithful subjects all thought their ruler was insane." When Rustum Beg was awarded only a lowly C.I.E. (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire), he got so mad "he disendowed the Gaol-stopped at once the City drain," installed his harem in the hospital...
...harem and sacrifice-by-fire are included among the customs that Siamese royalty and English propriety hold in continual disagreement. But through a mutual appreciation of topics from Moses through President Lincoln, the King is drawn toward recognition of this difficult European who is a woman but manages to forget...
...shot over five acres of lot covered with $300,000 worth (pressagents' valuation) of Oriental rococo background. Notable eye-filling items: the King's four gold-&-diamond crowns ($84,000) and 23 silk-&-brocade costumes ($23,000); a coronation scene costing $80,000; a well-filled harem stocked with the loveliest of 200 lovely extras; Linda Darnell in the Siamese equivalent of a sarong...
...goes to sleep (on the floor; he never sleeps in a bed), Abdullah plays chess, to which he is passionately addicted. He is a strict Moslem, who criticizes Egypt's King Farouk for having allowed his Queen to go out unveiled. But he himself keeps a "black harem," a frequent source of dispute between him and his three wives...