Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Haiti's crisis last week centered on a family that has used terror and corruption for 28 years to grow wealthy by imposing its will on the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. For the first time in Baby Doc's reign, spontaneous demonstrations throughout the country brought misery-ridden Haiti close to open revolt. Rioters controlled many parts of the countryside, and the government was firmly in control of only the capital...
...protests that lured thousands of Haitians into the streets last week to denounce the government probably represent a point of no return for the country. Even if Duvalier's reign has not yet ended and he somehow manages to cling to power for a while, his viselike grip on Haiti has been irrevocably shattered...
Suspense comes with the underhanded, dastardly intrigues of Lord Guilford's father, the historically in famous Duke of Northumberland. The controlling force behind the during the latter portion of Edward VI's reign, it was Northumberland's lust for power that prompted him to arrange the marriage between his rather impish Beau-Brummel-of-a-son and the potential inheritress Jane, then fourth in line for the throne...
...impression not only that Jane must have been on the throne for quite longer than a week and two days, but also that many decrees of substance were put into operation under her personal super vision. The sad, unromantic truth of those nine days is that they constituted a reign in name only, fraught as they were with civil strife and disorder, not to mention differences of opinion among those directly manipulating the young queen. No actions for the poor were taken, no attempt was made to resolve the national inflation, and no move was initiated to improve education. Jane...
...from the major thoroughfare to and from lecture halls into a playground for the happy residents of Camp Harvard. When an exotic storm or heat wave hits, camp is in session. Enjoyment of weather-related activities becomes the sole raison d'etre, and passions, not goals, are given free reign...