Word: imperiale
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'As long as I can remember, the imperial family's been like one big ball of stress.' PRINCE TOMOHITO, cousin of Japan's Emperor Akihito, attributing his battle with alcoholism to the pressures of belonging to the royal family
'As long as I can remember, the imperial family's been, like, one big ball of stress.'
London's St. Pancras station immediately became an icon when it opened in 1868. Its arched glass ceiling stretched overhead for 243 ft. (74 m), flooding the terminal with sunlight. Religious imagery adorned its neo-Gothic façade, and spires reached for the heavens. But maintaining that splendor proved...
Among the great cities of the world, Beijing is striking for its ugliness.I wasn’t surprised at the grunginess that is characteristic—even expected—of China’s capital when I traveled there this summer to do thesis research. I’d...
Not all Southeast Asians are quite as sanguine about the flourishing trade. Memories of imperial domination still haunt Vietnam, which was colonized by China and repelled invading Chinese troops as recently as 1979. In Cambodia, many still remember the People's Republic's patronage of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime...