Word: heirs
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Another question would be the rights of the various members of the royal family. The royal family that we envision is not one of privilege, but of duty, where representing the highest morals of the country is considered a mandatory job. What if the heir to the throne didn't want to be king or queen? Forcing such a person to become monarch would be a violation of his or her right of self-determination. Also, such a person, forced into office, would probably be a terrible monarch...
...Crimson's performance in Hanover, N.H. on Saturday went a long way toward solidifying the Harvard's claim as heir apparent to the Ivy League throne...
Although Jiang was mayor of Shanghai during the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, he is nevertheless the unrepentant heir to a regime that continues widescale human rights abuses, and as such he should be held fully accountable. The ghoulishness of some of these deeds surpasses the fright caused by any Halloween costume...
...crux of the matter is this: princess consorts, royal non-heirs such as Diana, are the weak archaic links in all royal families, which, except for Sweden, betray a marked preference for male succession. There is therefore a feminist dilemma regarding the behavior of modern princess consorts, not unlike the one that Hillary Clinton faced when her husband was running for president of this country. Essentially, the consort's role must be a supporting one, and always subordinate to both the monarch and the heir...
...student paper, The Crimson is the heir to an important tradition, that of being an independent student voice about Harvard affairs. A crucial part of playing that independent role is refusing to act as an uncritical conduit for unspecified 'information' put out by unnamed 'campus administrators.' --Richard Moran, Professor of Philosophy