Word: monarchical
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...after the King's address, Thaksin told reporters the monarch was speaking to the whole nation, not just him. Even before the speech, Thaksin's approval ratings were starting to slip, falling from a high of 72% in May to 52% in August, according to a poll by Bangkok's Assumption University. Pollsters said it hadn't fallen further because people don't see any alternative. That shouldn't lull Thaksin into thinking he can ignore the King's advice. Says Sem Pringpuangkaew, a Thaksin loyalist who organized the nationwide petition drive in support of the Prime Minister while...
...DIED. KING SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ SHAH, 75, constitutional monarch of Malaysia; in Kuala Lumpur. Salahuddin, an avid golfer and cyclist, took the ceremonial throne in 1999 under a five-year rotation system when he was elected by secret ballot among the sultans of Malaysia's nine states. Salahuddin married four times, lastly exchanging controversial vows with a 19-year-old. DIED. MOHAMED IBRAHIM KAMEL, 74, the former Egyptian Foreign Minister who resigned at Camp David in the wake of the historical peace accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978; in Cairo. Kamel was the second Egyptian Foreign Minister to resign...
...their own procreating, inspired by Princess Masako, 37, and Crown Prince Naruhito, 41. But the happy news also brought its share of confusion. Had Masako delivered a boy, everyone could have comfortably celebrated the presumed safety of the 2,700-year-old imperial line. Only a man can be monarch of Japan. It has taken Naruhito and Masako more than eight-and-a-half years to produce their first child; Naruhito's younger brother, Akishino, 37, has two daughters and no son. Under the current laws, after Naruhito, Akishino and an uncle, no one is in line to ascend...
...great that it's a girl," says Teraza, pulling at his gray felt baseball cap. "They've got female royalty in England. Why can't we?" Itoh nodded. "It's not like it would be something new," he says. Indeed, there were eight Empresses before Akihito, the 125th monarch in a line that mythologically, anyway, descends from the sun goddess Amaterasu, the supreme deity of Shintoism. "It's ridiculous we outlaw them...
...Winners QUEEN ELIZABETH II Monarch goes to The Full Monty and receives Jennifer Lopez. The throne hasn't seen that much booty since the days of Sir Francis Drake ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER The Terminator gets a California ski run named after him. Modeled after his career, it's a steep downward slope ending in a bottomless abyss "MR. McCHINA" U.K. entrepreneur beats McDonalds and is allowed to sell Chinese fast food as McChina. McGizzard Happy Meals come with a cheap toy Losers FABIEN BARTHEZ Sieve-like French goaltender may get butter brand named after him. The money will be handy when...