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Word: imperiale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imperial Rome lasted nearly 500 years. The British Empire flourished for more than a hundred. In 1947 Harry Truman urged that "the whole world should adopt the American system." His country spent something like a trillion dollars one way or another to encourage just that. But the American century, so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wounds and Ironies | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

Pure Bennett and Just Bennett were often eager, free fantasies based on the luxuries he was increasingly able to buy. He loved yachts and grand hotels. Two of his greatest bestsellers, Grand Babylon Hotel and Imperial Palace, are phantasmagorias crowded with counts and chandeliers. To the connoisseur of popular fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prime, Pure and Just | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

The creeping military takeover of Ethiopia last week left Emperor Haile Selassie virtually stripped of his absolute power. For the first time since Selassie, 82, came to power 44 years ago, government-controlled newspapers published letters and articles critical of the monarchy. One particularly vitriolic magazine accused the Emperor of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: The Emperor's New Clothes | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

The military is pressuring Imru's government to adopt a new constitution that would make official Selassie's loss of power. Drafted by a reform-minded committee of 30 military-approved civilians, the constitution provides for a bicameral Parliament that will be vested with most of the Emperor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: The Emperor's New Clothes | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The World's 50 Biggest | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

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