Word: royale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with things Western and, by no coincidence, of the decline of traditional Japanese taste. The aesthetic slippage of the Meiji period could not be more vividly illustrated than by the objects chosen for this show. To take an English simile, if Queen Elizabeth II authorized an exhibition from the royal collections, half made up of Renaissance drawings by Leonardo, Michelangelo and others, the rest of cairngorms, antlers and Landseer spaniels from Balmoral, the effect would be roughly the same. In Japan, of course, anything collected by the Emperor or his ancestors is of immediate interest, since...
Ostensibly, Ali had come to defend his title against Frazier in an extravaganza he touts as the "Thrilla in Manila." In fact, the expedition resembles nothing so much as a royal tour. Ali has become one of the most readily recognized individuals in the world. Since he inaugurated his gaudy Third World road show with a knockout of George Foreman a year ago in Zaïre, he has parleyed with Presidents and sheiks. What's more, his pitchman's prattle and irrepressible posturing have never failed to captivate the common...
...exiled, jailed or executed many of the Khmer rebels. But last week the past was officially forgotten-at least temporarily. After more than five years of exile in China, Sihanouk and his wife, Princess Monique, made a triumphal return to Phnom-Penh. Traveling from Peking with the royal family was Deputy Premier Khieu Samphan, who is believed to be the real power in the new Cambodian regime...
Marching military bands and ranks of dancing children gave Sihanouk a big send-off from Peking. The welcome in Phnom-Penh was equally effusive. Cheering crowds of Khmer Rouge soldiers, Buddhist monks, civil servants and workers greeted the royal entourage at the recently repaired Pochentong Airport, focal point of last April's Communist siege of the capital. Clad in a black, tunic-style Chinese suit, Sihanouk saluted the flag, reviewed the troops and then proceeded by motorcade to the royal palace in Phnom-Penh...
Threatening Demigod. The palace, which was officially reopened for the first time since Lon Nol's 1970 military takeover from Sihanouk, may not be occupied for long. Though the Prince is formally Chief of State of the Royal Government of the National Union of Cambodia, his function within the Khmer Rouge government will probably be very limited. Revered in the countryside not merely as a monarch but as a Buddhist demigod, Sihanouk could become a serious political threat to the newly entrenched Communist leadership. His return was brokered by the Chinese, who are vying with North Viet...