Word: reigns
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Peter the Great. Father of the Fatherland and Emperor of All Russia, spent most of his reign (1682-1725) trying to imitate the culture of the West, but he also kept a cold eye on the East. In Siberia great bands of plunderers were digging up the tombs of a civilization that had disappeared from the pages of history by the 4th century A.D. The looters were after gold, and the tombs were rich in that. Being a practical man, Czar Peter simply gave orders that the looters be looted in turn. Soon plaques and buckles were pouring into...
...into Israel's past. On display while Ben-Gurion spoke were more than 400 recently found, perfectly preserved, precisely carved artifacts-remnants of a little-known chalcolithic people who predated Abraham by almost 1,500 years. A second expedition of diggers had brought back fresh finds from the reign of Shimon Bar Kochba, self-styled first President of Israel, who led an unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Hadrian's Roman legions...
...Louis XIV was the sun king, Louis XV had all he could do to reign. He was lazy, lecherous and indecisive. History has preserved his notoriety in such personal institutions as the Pare aux Cerfs (the deer park), a town house where, actually, he maintained a private brothel, and, as Author Nicolson puts it, "thereby did much damage to his repute, his constitution, and his power of application." However, one of Louis XV's nightly customs reveals far more about the so-called Age of Reason than his deer park...
Some years ago misguided radicals in Paris attempted to change the calendar. The result was the Reign of Terror...
Counterpoint of Terror. Recovering from the initial shock, Castro's usually loquacious regime acted with a coldly silent efficiency that suggested expert Communist coaching. The island's radio stations broadcast no news but plenty of lively music, as a reign of terror spread across the island. The Castro government itself boasted that it had executed 29 persons, including Castro's ex-Agriculture Minister Humberto Sori Marín as well as three Americans, for plotting to assassinate Castro. Foreign correspondents were herded-along with 1,000 or more Cubans whose loyalty to Castro was questioned-into makeshift...