Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moment that the whole world paused to marvel at and rejoice with her, falling in love with Diana in love. But she quickly learned that the dynasty she had joined was dysfunctional and synthetic, that although she had borne her husband an heir, she could never truly become his Queen. And when she died, suddenly, a day after the 36th anniversary of her christening, the world, still in love, stopped for a very long moment to grieve...
This is the faith that moves mountains. At Christmastime in Axum, ancient home of the Queen of Sheba, reputed sanctuary of the Ark of the Covenant and heart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, such devotion is commonplace. Nothing has ever succeeded in crushing the simple rituals of piety that have been practiced here since the 4th century--not the communist ideology that ruled Ethiopia for much of the past two decades, not the cynicism of the modern age, not the latest plagues of civil war, famine, poverty and AIDS...
SARA NETANYAHU And we thought Bibi was tough. Israel's Queen of Mean throws shoes at the servants. Yasser, duck...
...case became a playground for special interests: abolitionists not at all certain their cause wouldn't be better served if they allowed the blacks to be martyred; a President, Martin Van Buren, running for re-election and trying to appease the slave states by suborning justice; Spain's child Queen furious over the loss of one of her ships; the slaves' owners' demanding return of their property; even the officers of the ship that intercepted the Amistad claiming salvage rights...
...give away the story ahead of time. Suffice it to say that the pilot's hormonal preoccupations, though largely limited to words rather than deeds, have already drawn a consternated flurry from cultural watchdogs. "You gotta look past the 'size queen' references and masturbation talk," says Williamson. "The show at its core is about sweaty palms, hand holding and 'Will she kiss...