Word: imperiale
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"I, who had been a bird in a cage, first experienced freedom," said Japan's Emperor Hirohito about his one trip abroad 50 years ago, when he was crown prince. Those six months in Europe influenced him profoundly; since then he has lived at home in Occidental style, sleeping...
Muscat and Oman had only six miles of paved roadway, and the Sultan's red 1955 Chrysler Imperial rusted in the palace courtyard for lack of any place to go. Music and dancing were forbidden and women were compelled to wear mid-calf skirts despite summer temperatures of 130...
Contradictions: In one display window there is a huge pop poster of a long-haired North American Indian looking fierce and brandishing a rifle. Every so often, a passing Indian in the street stops and looks in complete astonishment. In the other window there is a display of some pistols...
Scorpio had often found himself troubled about Aquarius' novels, however. What visions of damnation, for instance, smoked in Aquarius' head when in The Deer Park he had Marion the pimp say, "No one ever loved anyone except for the rare bird, and the rare bird loved an idea...
Why hadn't Howard Hughes simply told Maheu that he was through? "Hughes was so mad at Maheu that he wanted to embarrass him," said one insider. Another suggested that "Hughes is furious with Maheu, and in his imperial manner he wanted to show that he did not have...