Word: loyalism
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...because we don't know what term was used for God, and have no evidence of a word having been used at a certain time, doesn't mean it wasn't used." He says "the Great Qing Sea" was the mapmaker's way of avoiding the taboo of appearing loyal to the previous dynasty. Liu has submitted a sample of the map for carbon dating, but has not yet received the results. Still, even if the bamboo paper's age checks out, it wouldn't rule out a forgery, as old paper can be used to make...
...TIME readers have enjoyed his essays for years (in fact, he has one on this week's back page), and now you can enjoy his observations every day on TIME.com, which is where you can find his blog, the Daily Dish. One of the original bloggers, Andrew has a loyal Web readership that constantly informs and challenges him. If you are not already a fan, I urge you to check him out on TIME.com. I'm confident you will find him as engaging...
...Republicans. Boehner's backers were thrilled when the widely forwarded spreadsheet produced a front-page headline in The Hill, a newspaper focused on Congress, saying BOEHNER BOASTS OF BIG BUCKS. Eight months later, his team smiled again when the paper ran a list of Boehner's "K Street Cabinet," loyal lobbyists and other power brokers who would help run the show if he achieved his longtime ambition of becoming House Speaker or majority leader. With Tom DeLay's machine still in charge of the Capitol, those were the credentials that would get an aspiring lawmaker taken seriously...
...will fill Sharon's shoes? His loyal No. 2, Olmert, has taken over the reins of government and assumed the mantle of leader of Sharon's fledgling party. Olmert has two months before the March 28 elections to prove he deserves the job permanently. Polls taken right after Sharon's hospitalization were encouraging, giving Kadima the same strong showing that the party had polled under Sharon. But analysts warned that there was a huge sympathy factor at play and that once emotions abated, Kadima could start to slide. The party is so new it doesn't even have procedures...
...TIME: This volume is so sad, not just because of King's death but because it seems as though he was being marginalized-everything was being heaped on him. The FBI is getting uglier with its dirty tricks, his most loyal lieutenants are scrabbling and pulling back. Do you think he would have recovered his strength, his force, because here he seems besieged from all sides...