Word: lord
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...Lord Acton, the British historian who wrote that power corrupts, would have recognized a fitting subject in the Marcos regime as its authority continued to expand. For years, critics have focused on the extravagance of First Lady Imelda, a former beauty-contest winner who has channeled huge amounts of money into pet projects through her roles as governor of Metro Manila, the administrative unit that encompasses the capital and its sprawling suburbs, and as national Minister of Human Settlements. Last week a U.S. congressional inquiry was looking into allegations that the Marcos family has been secretly funneling money, possibly including...
...wonder then that Fleet Street's proprietors are trying to pare expenses by modernizing plants and cutting work forces. One owner whose efforts foundered is Lord Hartwell, whose family has run the Daily Telegraph (circ. 1.2 million) since 1928. In June Hartwell assembled a $156 million package to pay for both modern printing plants and severance for hundreds of his workers. Faced with a money squeeze this month, Hartwell sold a 35% stake to Hollinger Argus, Ltd., a Toronto-based mining firm owned mostly by Conrad Black, a Canadian tycoon whose holdings range from radio stations to supermarkets. Black...
...course, King Lear. But wait. The great lord is called Hidetora, and he speaks in a tongue Will Shakespeare would not have recognized, inhabits a landscape unknown to the Bard, that of 16th century Japan. And Goneril, Regan and Cordelia are here men called Taro, Jiro and Saburo. We are obviously far from the place of this tragic tale's mythic birth and noble retelling, and we are far from the inert reverence of the typical movie adaptation of a classic. Indeed, in Ran (which means "chaos" in Japanese) we venture into a territory where the very word adaptation distorts...
...Vengeance will be mine, sayeth the Lord...
...Downing Street has been the official home to British Prime Ministers since 1735. On the occasion of No. 10's 250th anniversary, the present occupant, Margaret Thatcher, 60, was hostess to her Queen, whom she welcomed with a deep curtsy, and to her five living predecessors: Lord Stockton, formerly Harold Macmillan, 91; Lord Home, ne Alec Douglas-Home, 82; Lord Wilson, once just Harold, 69; Edward Heath, 69; and James Callaghan, 73. After dinner, Queen Elizabeth, 59, joked that it was only the third time in 34 years she had been invited to No. 10. Said Her Majesty...