Word: kingdoms
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...announced to the world further in advance of its implementation. Acting unilaterally, the U.S. imposed Oct. 26, 2004 as a deadline for all visitors’ passports to contain biometric information. After that date, non-biometric passports will have to be accompanied by biometric visas. But even the United Kingdom, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, has announced that it will not be ready to issue biometric visas until mid-2005. By not providing appropriate communication to the international community in advance, the U.S. has essentially imposed an additional bureaucratic burden—acquiring visas?...
...called "Father" by all his subjects, including his mother. The ruler of Alwar preferred the title "God." A well-stocked harem was a vital component of many a maharaja's ego, but the considerate treatment of women was not always a high priority. When he abandoned his kingdom, the nawab of Junagadh, a great fan of hunting dogs, "left many weeping wives behind so that his pampered canines could fly with him on his plane." Despite their claims to divine status, India's maharajas knew they were just paid-up domestic help for the British, as one anecdote tellingly reveals...
...trillion Official value of the United Kingdom, as priced by British statisticians...
...Holy Spirit leaves the room when a married couple has sex, even if they do it without passion to make new virgins for the kingdom of heaven." PETER LOMBARD, theologian (circa...
HERMAPHRODITES Changing sexes is one thing; being both sexes at once is quite another. Hermaphrodites abound in the animal kingdom: how sensible to be able to mate with whoever happens to knock on the door! Among those that can truly swing both ways are the sea slug, the earthworm and the European giant garden slug. The black hamlet fish is the rare vertebrate in which members of a mating pair can take turns being male or female...