Word: kingdom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once upon a time in a glittery kingdom called Tinseltown, a fey and clever actress dreamed of producing her very own fairy tales. She would get all of her famous friends to appear and pay them beans, though not magical ones. But the mighty wizards and warlocks of Tinseltown scoffed. "Ha!" they cackled, "She'll be eaten alive...
Kapuściński has neither denied nor confirmed the hidden subject of his book. But there can be little doubt that his alternately acrid and hilarious portrait of Haile Selassie's kingdom was meant to provide a riveting view of two societies, as well as an unarguable point: Kings of Kings, whether royal or Communist, are seated on the backs of the people...
Your story on Margaret Thatcher's huge election victory in Britain ought to be a warning to our Democratic Party in 1984. The parallels between the left-wing Labor Party in the United Kingdom and the socialistic viewpoints expressed by some liberal Democrats in this country will lead to a resounding defeat for the Democrats next year...
...Crimson track team is the most obvious example Three days after the Commencement ceremonies the team competed in Birmingham, England, the first of five meets in a trip that took them throughout England and into Ireland. The men's heavyweight crew team also sent Crimson representatives to the United Kingdom Harvard has entered two boats in the annual Henley Regatta, and 13 Crimson oarsmen plus a coach are presently preparing for that event...
...executive secretary of the State Department, a high post involving Internal management, Pickering served as Ambassador to Jordan from 1974 to 1978 and, since 1981, to Nigeria. In both nations, he won admirers. A senior Jordanian diplomat remembers him as one of Washington's best envoys to the kingdom, "a first-rate professional diplomat who always dealt with us honestly and intelligently." Beneath his softspoken, scholarly demeanor, Pickering can be personable and witty. Indeed, he established an unusual rapport both with Jordan's King Hussein and with Nigerian President Shehu Shagari...