Word: regales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Author Lamb tells their story, the peasant emperor loses in stature and the prostitute empress takes on a regal aspect. Justinian is seen as a dull, lifelong scholar, a grubber for facts, a physical coward with an insatiable lust for power. He seldom left his palace, and depended on his great commander, Belisarius, to defend the empire. Of his many great projects, only two fully succeeded: the Justinian Code and the building of the magnificent Church of St. Sophia...
...kind of bulb are even more of a Romanoff trademark than his coat of arms. His most recent crest (supplanting an elaborate compound that included a sheaf of wheat, a gargoyle and a Martini glass) is a chaste pair of back-to-back R's topped by a regal crown...
Main event of the Nizam's first trip "outside" in 16 years: a meeting with a few fellow princes and potentates for two days of reflection on the sad state of highnesses now that India is a republic. The good old regal powers were all gone; now they had nothing left but money-and the Nizam had most of that...
...Elizabeth is not likely to match the tremendous personal success scored by her mother on her 1939 U.S. visit. In contrast to the radiant Queen, who often broke royal routine to comfort a weeping child or to chat spiritedly with onlookers, Elizabeth's manner has been more cautiously regal. In the ceremonies, Canadians found her a charming and perfectly trained heiress presumptive. But on the human side, Elizabeth is still a shy girl of 25, self-conscious and tense on her first major public appearance abroad without the overshadowing presence of her parents...
Coley decided to continue as vice-president of the Regal Distributing Co. and gave up his position at Alabama after he was informed that the administration held it "would be detrimental to the University to have on the faculty anyone who had a direct interest in an alcoholic beverage business...