Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Imperial, Still Separate
On most books, scholars and other experts are brought in as consultants and writers. Sir Maurice Bowra and Moses Hadas authored volumes in the Great Ages of Man series, respectively Classical Greece and Imperial Rome. Most volumes carry an introduction by an authority in his field. Among the introducers:
Immoderate as the moderate Tarn Chau might have appeared, he could not hold a candle to Thich Tri Quang, the rebellious high priest of Hue. Carrying civil disobedience to an ingenious new low, Tri Quang ordered all Buddhists in the ancient imperial capital to display their defiance by hauling family...
Beyond these, '67 changes are subtle. Despite disappointing sales of its front-wheel-drive Toronado, General Motors is putting front-wheel drive on the Cadillac Eldorado. Chrysler is discontinuing Imperial as a separate line, will make it a more expensive Chrysler with extra decor and equipment. Ford for the...
Paul Scott, a literary agent turned writer, specializes in the novel of sensibility (The Bender; The Corrida at San Felhi). This one, set in India in 1942, tells of a brash, big-boned English girl with a rage to live and a notion that flouting convention is the way to...