Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spreads its story on a broad canvas: the court of a troubled King who is seized by what seems to be dementia. As George III (Hawthorne) loses control, the foppish Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett) plots to seize the throne, while Prime Minister William Pitt (Julian Wadham) fights to retain his power. But at its heart King George is an intimate family drama. It can be seen as satirical parable-"The film is really as much about the royal family today as it is about the 18th century," says Bennett-or as domestic tragedy, a kind...
...less control now than ever," saysRobert Winters, who ran unsuccessfully for acouncil seat in 1993 and was endorsed by theAlliance. "It's always been something of a battlebetween the organization and its councillors, asthe councillors try to retain their ownindependence while the CCA organization tries toassert its own control...
...anticipate a period immediately after Deng's death in which the party will strive to demonstrate unity and calm. Yet this period, which could last several years, will be marked by the fact that no individual in the collective leadership commands the moral and political pre-eminence needed to retain power, especially amid the tumult of economic change. "Deng is probably the last Chinese to have this untrammeled, personalized political authority," says Andrew Nathan, professor of political science at Columbia University. "I don't see anyone coming along who has this authority...
...bottom, we respect the masters concerns for diversity. Limiting blocking sizes seemed like a prudent compromise to increase diversity. In recent weeks, we endorsed accepting the masters' suggested limit of eight, so long as students retain their present level of choice...
...movement must be morally justified not only in the end it seeks, but also in the means that it employs in achieving that end. If pro-lifers hope to avoid hypocrisy and retain their legitimacy as protectors of "life," they must forswear violence and employ only non-violent means in their struggle against abortion...