Word: queenly
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...Massachusetts was founded by religious people,” says Jonathan C. Page ’02, the Epps fellow and assistant chaplain at Memorial Church. “Back then, theology was queen of scientists. Therefore anyone who went to Harvard was a leading citizen of the colony—a good theologian...
...volunteer in the Iron Ladies, an all-female civilian militia designed to protect Buddhists from Islamic extremists, she received military training on how to wield rifles and machine guns. Jiranan is such a sure shot that she was chosen to show off her target practice for Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who has personally sponsored the Iron Ladies. "I am ready to die for my Queen and for my country," says Jiranan, her fuchsia-painted lips breaking into a wide smile. "That's why I need my little friend...
...Forty other Sai Khao citizens have banded together as a unit of a village militia called the Or Ror Bor. Nearly all of the 25,000-strong Or Ror Bor operating in the three provinces are Buddhist, and their corps was inspired by no less an authority than the Queen of Thailand. In late 2004, after three Buddhists were brutally beheaded by militants, Queen Sirikit gave an impassioned speech advising the military to teach villagers how to defend themselves with firearms. Facing the cameras, she announced that even she "would learn to shoot guns without my glasses...
...trying to conquer new territory. But can Oprah still be the queen when she no longer has a throne...
...called the queen of all media for nothing. The news that after 25 years Oprah Winfrey would be closing up shop on her afternoon talk show-cum-empire-building-exercise broke early, but she made the official announcement of the "real reason she was leaving" her way, and the way guaranteed to garner the most ratings: on her show...