Word: lording
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revolution. To be a revolution, an armed rebellion must overthrow the central government and replace it with a new system of government. The Americans successfully established a republic not by overthrowing a government but by kicking out a colonial administration. George III kept his head, and Lord North lived to see the early stages of the French Revolution...
...winner of that climactic struggle will have the immense privilege of facing the New York Rangers for Lord Stanley's Cup. Fred Shero's overachievers sent the New York Islanders into deep depression last night by grabbing a 2-1 lead in the second period and holding it until the bitter end, when Madison Square Garden, better known for its pro wrestling exravaganzas, exploded into cheers...
...British civil servants and others of the disastrous consequences for the British image and trade in Africa may yet dissuade her: the last thing anyone wants is a row at the Commonwealth prime ministers' conference in July, which the Queen is scheduled to attend. The new Tory Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, has been notably cautious on the subject of Rhodesian recognition in recent statements. Even the slightest hint of British softening, however, could put Carter in a terrible position by encouraging recognition moves in Congress and threatening to leave his African policy in ruins...
...barren island with hardly a house upon it." Such was British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston's contemptuous description of Hong Kong before it was ceded to the British by a weak Chinese regime at the close of the Opium War in 1842. As a fruit of war, it was not considered a peach. But over the past 137 years, the once blighted island has developed into a bustling seaport colony that boasts a thriving economy. Though Britain's lease on 90% of the 400-sq.-mi. area expires in only 18 years, residents expect a glowing future...
Albert B. Lord, Porter professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, said, "My job is to teach." When asked if he would honor the boycott, John D. Cox, Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, left the decision on whether to hold the class to his students, who voted to meet Monday...