Word: kingdom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Huskies. Despite outplaying their cross-town rivals, the Crimson found themselves down 4-2 late in the game, only to salvage a tie on tallies by Bob Starbuck and Captain Jim Griffin in the last minute-and-a-half of regulation play. Since then, they've ruled the J.V. kingdom, building an eleven-game winning streak...
...enough to tighten the world market without doing grave damage to its own internal economy. Though Saudi Petroleum Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani has been purposefully vague about his country's plans, reports out of the Persian Guff banking center of Bahrain last week suggested that the desert kingdom may be preparing to trim production at least somewhat this spring...
...date reached by complex historical and biblical rationales; the end of the world system must occur during the present generation (an interpretation of Luke 21: 32: "This generation will not pass away till all has taken place"). The dissidents have come to believe that Christ's kingdom and the "last days" were inaugurated at about A.D. 33, and that Christ's Second Coming is a future event...
...overwhelmingly popular monarch in an egalitarian age, Queen Elizabeth II, 55, passed a milestone last week-her 30th anniversary as Queen of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth...
DIED. Palden Thondup Namgyal, 58, former King of Sikkim, who defied tradition and married an American debutante, Hope Cooke, in 1963; of complications following cancer surgery; in New York City. Known for his efforts to modernize the tiny Himalayan kingdom, he lost his power in a 1973 coup and was formally deposed in 1975. He and his wife, who had returned to the U.S. with their two children, divorced...