Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus last week opened the first new Parliament of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. With the traditional show of reluctance, Speaker-elect W. S. ("Shakes") Morrison was duly "dragged" to his chair by his sponsor and seconder. Next day he was conducted to the House of Peers, reported back that he had, in the Commons' name, "laid claim, by humble petition to Her Majesty, to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion may require . . ." From...
When he was born in 100 B.C., his uncle-by-marriage Marius was in his sixth consulship, a personal reign as unprecedented in Roman history as F.D.R.'s four terms were in U.S. history. The two major parties, the Populars and the Optimates, and factions within them, had already begun a bloody jockeying for power that sometimes clogged Roman sewers with corpses...
...Conversion. The seeds of anticlericalism are deep in Mexican soil. Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) fought and finagled his way through Mexico in the name of Christ as well as for the sake of conquest. The twelve humble Franciscans (later nicknamed "The Twelve Apostles") who followed the conquistadors' reign of terror were more successful missionaries. At the sight of the ragged friars padding doggedly through the mountains, the Indians sighed, "Motolinia, motolinia [Poor, poor fellows]." Generations of such brave, tough motolinias from Spain finally converted Mexico.* But on the Indians' simple faith, the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico grew...
Ever since he and his Queen got back from their U.S. trip last month, the once uncertain young Shah of Iran has been giving more and more signs that he intends to rule as well as reign. Last week his chance came. General Fazlollah Zahedi, the tough Premier who liquidated the fanatical, disastrous Mossadegh regime and got Iran's oil flowing again to world markets, resigned his office. His regime had become increasingly stained by the corruption and greed which are endemic maladies in Iran. Besides, Zahedi was ill with gout, and wanted to go to Germany for prolonged...
...novel's last hundred pages have the dreadful fascination of a bloody documentary as the Communists and anarchists take over and install a reign of terror. Unfortunately, Author Gironella is an uninspired writer who counts heavily on repetition and wearisome detail. Yet even as it stands, Cypresses may easily become a must for those who want to know how the Spanish civil war came about...