Word: monarch
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...illegal march to a world war is to start impeachment proceedings against the President, in which case we should start without delay. To do so might at least remind him that he is an elected public servant, sworn to uphold the Constitution he daily subverts, and not an anointed Monarch...
...reinstatement of Constantine is a vital question because, in Greece, the monarch has always been more than the shadow-figure which his counterparts in most other European countries have become. As Andreas points out in the interview, Constantine's collaboration was vital to the imposition of the military junta-just as that of Constantine's father, King Paul-resurrected by the British after World War II-ushered in a period of conservatism and reaction which ultimately built for the 1967 coup...
...rock or sunbaked sand. Hardly has it braked to a stop when a tall, bearded figure hops out, one hand holding his bright ima-ma, or turban, against the airstream, the other fingering the silver kunjar, or dagger, at his waist. Brown-eyed, gentle Qabus bin Said, 30, absolute monarch of Oman, has arrived on another tour of his sultanate (see color pages). Through such visits the Sultan hopes to strengthen the loyalty of local sheiks and villagers who have never seen their ruler. Equally important, the trips are designed to help Qabus learn about the country he took over...
Pity the modern monarch, whose fate it is to see ancient privileges chipped away, and no new ones substituted. Last week, Britain's House of Lords debated "The Wild Creatures and Forests Bill." which will deprive Queen Elizabeth II of a slew of prerogatives, some dating to the 13th century reign of Edward I. Most notable was her right to claim the tail of any whale washed up on the shores of England or Wales, or of any whale washed up in Scotland that proved too large to be dragged off on a "wain with six oxen...
...Government is nothing but a politician, and you can be rough and relentless with him. We combine the two in one person-the President-and suffer all the psychological stresses usual when you adopt two contradictory attitudes." Smith prefers the British system: "You bow and scrape to the monarch, but you raise hell with the Prime Minister...