Word: kingdome
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lola ruled Ludwig's kingdom as well as his imagination, and to the dismay of Prince Metternich, the Austrian archconservative who was master of Europe between the two Napoleons, her rule was quite liberal-she harassed the Jesuits and introduced the Code Napoleon. In 1847 Metternich offered Lola $250,000 if she would quietly go away; Lola threw the money in his emissary's face. Then Metternich organized a student riot, and Lola fell into his trap. Haughtily, she got Ludwig to close the university. The students rioted again, and now the riot was swollen by thousands...
...such a tiny place, such an insignificant place in any grand scale of things. Its people do not understand what they have done to deserve their fate, but they assume that it must have been something truly despicable-perhaps their ancestors' brutal subjugation long ago of the Kingdom of the Chams...
...King Hussein's proposal to reunite Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank are still reverberating through the Middle East. Last week, Egypt abruptly broke off diplomatic relations with Jordan. President Anwar Sadat hinted that he might also close Egyptian airspace to Jordanian aircraft, thereby cutting off the kingdom's only access to the Mediterranean and Europe...
...controls last week when his Royal Jordanian Airline 707 touched down in Washington. The landing was professionally smooth, and so too were his discussions at the White House, where the King briefed President Nixon on his proposal to turn Jordan and the occupied West Bank into a United Arab kingdom of semiautonomous regions after peace is negotiated with Israel...
...earthly Jerusalem remains an irresistible symbol of hope and triumph. For others, aliyah to the existing Jerusalem is not necessary to reach the ideal one. To them, "Next Year in Jerusalem" means a spiritual journey: contributing their special vision to help build something nearer to that heavenly city?the kingdom of God?throughout the world...