Word: monarchical
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...team of archaeologists uncovered a 9th century B.C. inscription at an ancient mound called Tel Dan, in the north of Israel, in 1993. Words carved into a chunk of basalt refer to the "House of David" and the "King of Israel." It is the first time the Jewish monarch's name has been found outside the Bible, and appears to prove he was more than mere legend...
...Through King Charles II, President Clinton can claim genealogical ties to the Princess of Wales, who is descended five times from that monarch." --Harold Brooks-Boker, publishing director of Burke's Peerage, was quoted in the Boston Globe on November...
...sailor cries, "What care these roarers for the name of king?" In fact the storm does care. The waves are agents of Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, who is about to launch us into a sort of King Lear's Revenge. Once again we meet a deposed, aging monarch and howling winds. But if the storm on the heath undid Lear, the raging of the elements provides Prospero's salvation...
After spending the night with Simpson, the children returned to their grandparents' home in Monarch Bay, California, where they are enrolled in school. Simpson is represented in the custody case by Bernard Leckie, an attorney in Irvine, California, who predicts that his client will take custody of the children at some point and that the case will be worked out amicably. Says Leckie: "The Browns, in talking with their attorneys, are mindful that the best interest of the children is the key matter, and they realize that O.J. loves the children and that they should have their father's influence...
...golf enthusiast that he occasionally forgets that others don't always share his passion. During last month's Bosnia crisis, Clinton tracked down French President Jacques Chirac in Morocco for an important phone consultation. "Give my highest regards to the King," Clinton told Chirac, referring to the Moroccan monarch. "Tell him I'm using those golf clubs he gave me, and I'm hittin' 'em real sweet!" The U.S. President's small talk left his French counterpart puzzled...