Word: kingdom
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These influences have always played a part in the politics of Nepal. Over two centuries ago, upon returning from yet another military campaign to unify his kingdom, the legendary warrior Prithvi Narain Shah observed the precarious nature of his country's foreign relations. Nepal, he wrote in his "Golden Sayings," was like "a yam wedged between two huge rocks": to the south lay the vastness of India, while to the north, the "Emperor of the Southern Sea" ruled the even greater dominion of China...
...heir, Prince Hal. Hal, that "nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales," as Hotspur derisively calls him, has given himself up to bad living and bad companions, led by the fat and riotous Falstaff; his revolt against duty is a more serious threat to Henry's kingdom than Hotspur and all his kin. The distraught Henry wishes that Hotspur had been his son and it could be proved that "some night-tripping fairy" had switched babies in their cradles...
...Times than anyone except for Publisher "Punch" Sulzberger, was usually out to lunch as well, but when he wasn't I would always look as if all I was doing was watching the lights on his phone. I hoped he'd never catch me reading my copy of The Kingdom and the Power, Gay Talese's "history" of the Times, which contained some less than favorable stories about some of the current editors, including Rosenthal. I didn't want him or any of the reporters to think I was some Talesean protege brought in to do more gossipy expose. After...
Establish a Good Temple Seal of Approval and issue a list of Honest Hucksters for the Kingdom. Pitch the line fast so nobody inquires whose kingdom...
...hoisting of the five-ringed Olympic flag supposedly internationalizes a site, enfolding it in the pristine and timeless kingdom of sport. But the Winter Games at Lake Placid seemed to bear a distinctly American stamp, from the incredible hoard of gold in speed skating to the site itself, a pleasant little mountain town swamped by the world. The Games provided a kind of ritual relief during a troubled American moment, supplanting cold war fears with cheers for an ice hockey upset. Like all Olympics, the 13th Winter Games left a gallery of bright images on the retina...