Word: regente
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...calling himself General Field Marshal Cinque (which he pronounced sin-cue). He said that Hearst, editor of the San Francisco Examiner and executive-committee chairman of the news-paper-and-magazine chain founded by his father, was "the corporate chairman of a fascist media empire." Furthermore, Mrs. Hearst, a regent of the University of California, had helped invest university funds, he said, "in corporations that have interest and do gain profit from robbery, oppression and genocide." As usual, the S.L.A. statement was filled with far-left jargon and was accompanied by the group's standard demand that its propaganda...
ROBIN HOOD is a pleasant enough animated holiday party from the Disney studios. As usual, the villains take the day. Prince John, the regent, is a craven brat, a lion whose crown keeps falling down over his floppy ears and who, in times of stress, sucks his thumb and whimpers for his mother. His consort, Sir Hiss, is a snake in charge of the royal treasury and of soothing the prince...
...Japanese have bought eleven hotels that account for 11% of Hawaii's 36,000 rooms, and they have two other hotels under construction. Among the Japanese-owned hotels: the Hawaiian Regent, the Surfsider and the Imperial Hawaiian. They have bought two Honolulu golf courses and some 3,000 acres of resort development land on the big island of Hawaii...
...head of state until the Greek people freely decide otherwise. The first government formed after the coup of April 21, 1967 [headed by Constantine Kollias, a civilian], swore its oath to me. So did Papadopoulos when he assumed the premiership in December 1967 and when he later became regent. But now he has proclaimed himself President with no legal basis whatsoever...
Papadopoulos, who is not only chief of the military junta that has ruled the nation since 1967 but also Greece's regent, denounced exiled King Constantine (see box) for "an unforgiveable lack of maturity." He accused Constantine of supporting an abortive coup planned by royalist naval officers, which gave Papadopoulos an ideal excuse to extend the junta's heavyhanded rule and depose the King...