Word: kinged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stand, King...
...power of rousing phrases was recognized long before anybody knew how or why it worked. Some equivalent of "Hail to the Chief no doubt glued people to their governments from the moment tribes first formed, just as, later, did "Long live the King!" History has left a litter of slogans from all its great events, civil as well as martial-and not only political history. After Pope Urban II in 1095 called for war to recapture the Holy Land, the spontaneous outcry of listening clerics -"God wills it!"-helped fire up Christendom for the First Crusade. The translation of philosophy...
...recognize that a bill to raise the legal drinking age will inevitably pass--its success is too important to new Gov. Edward J. King, who campaigned on a platform of law-and-order politics. If the drinking age must go up, then it should be raised only to age 19. At age 18, high school students are too young to be able to buy liquor, either for themselves or for even younger classmates...
...Edward J. King and his legislative bandwagon are rolling headlong after everyone under age 21 who drinks. King is determined to fulfill as soon as possible his campaign promise to raise the drinking age back...
...understand there has been great interest in Egyptian language at Harvard," Spalinger said, adding he thought the increasing interest in Egyptology might be due, in part, to the popularity of the King Tutankahamen exhibit...