Word: kingdom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conviction is remarkable in a place that has taken its first, haphazard steps toward democracy only in the past 10 years. Hong Kong has of late become something of an embarassment to the United Kingdom, imperialism not being quite fashionable these days. The rule of law has generally prevailed in the colony, with freedoms of speech, press and religion guaranteed for everyone but the odd Communist activist. Still, until 1985, when the U.K. began to negotiate the colony's return to China, Hong Kong had no democracy; only in 1985 did the governors introduce some indirect representation into the legislature...
...suggest you urge King Fahd to accept our offer to protect the kingdom," Cheney concluded. Bandar left, assuring us that he was on his way to report what we had advised...
...would say less than one percent of the population knows the metric changes are going to happen." Nigel Griffin, consumer affairs spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Labour Party, commenting on the nation's impending metrification. He was quoted in the Boston Globe on Sept...
...PRINCE FOR MAGIC KINGDOM...
...company produced the year's top movie, The Lion King; the top-rated TV show, Home Improvement; and the hit Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast did not prevent industry prophets from warning that, with the forced exile of his boy-genius studio chief, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Eisner's kingdom was losing the magic...