Word: rovale
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From the beginning, Anna and the King appear to disagree over everything, from the social position of women in Siam, a position that Anna likens to slavery (a theme further developed in the musical) to the roval tradition of bowing before the King. Anna stomps about in righteous anger while the King barks his royal orders until by the end of the musical they finally,predictably, fall in love...
LUANG Prabang, City of the Golden Buddha, is officially the "roval capital" of Laos. Except for the king's palace there is little that in any way seams roval. It is Laos's second largest city with a population of 45,000. Only two of the streets have any paving at all, and on these it is very thin and cracking. All others are dirt roads. There is one hotel and within it the only Western-style restaurant. In addition there are about five Chinese restaurants. When I was there the city's only movie theatre was showing Clint Eastwood...
...Roval Canadian Air Force sent a C-130 from Resolute Bay this "morning" with a 3,000-pound payload of huts, newspapers, dog food, and tea for the summer camp. But a ten-knot wind made the airdrop unfeasible, and the plane returned from over the camp without dropping the supplies. A second attempt is cheduled for tomorrow...
There are perhaps more "students" in Eliot than in any other house. But there are also probably more "hackers" in this house than elsewhere. Eliot tied with its perennial roval, Lowell House, for the top number of senior Phi Beta Kappas this year. Eliot House alone produced almost one tenth of all Rhodes Scholars in the nation last year. At the other extreme, however, there are many men who study hardly over--spending their time partying, drinking, card playing, talking, and at clubs and organizations. In between, of course, there is a large group of both gentlemen scholars and plodders...
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