Word: royale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terrible weeks in 1971, Walter Annenberg, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, must have felt like the young Louis XIV when peasants burst into his Palais Royal bedroom demanding bread. At the gates of Annenberg's 220-acre estate in Palm Springs, Calif, were 15 noisy pickets throwing beer cans into the shrubbery and indulging in a few well-chosen oaths. The greensmen hired to tend Annenberg's 18-hole golf course were demanding a pay hike. Annenberg took them to court for violating his right to privacy. Last week the California appellate court...
...equivocate when bearing bad news. "There is no point to the work," he once said, "if you're not telling the truth." · Died. Mohammed Ayub Khan, 66, imposing, soldierly former President of Pakistan; of a heart attack; in Islamabad, Pakistan. Trained at Britain's Sandhurst Royal Military College, Ayub rose to commander in chief of the Pakistani army and became president in 1958. He helped spur Pakistan's economic growth but did little to remedy the inequitable distribution of income among the population. In attempting to steer a neutral course in global politics, he clashed with...
Shift in Shipments. The effect has been minimal because the international oil companies, including Royal Dutch/Shell, have shifted oil shipments so that virtually the same amount of crude is entering Rotterdam as was a year ago. Shipments of Iranian and Nigerian oil originally destined for nonembargoed nations like Britain and France have been brought to Rotterdam, while The Netherlands' usual share of Arab petroleum has been sent elsewhere. The Arabs themselves have permitted the oil companies to off-load some Arab oil in Rotterdam-if its ultimate destination is Belgium or West Germany's Ruhr Valley, both connected...
More and more trees, and then Providence, R.I. A dog sniffs at a pile of garbage by the tracks. The train looks out on a sea of identical brick chimneys. Hood's Milk Factory is followed by the Royal Sales Co. A young man has hesitated all day, but at last he makes up his mind. He walks over to the telephone, picks up the receiver, and dials the number. His throat is dry. As he hears the phone picked up on the other end, he goes over in his mind the exact words he will use in asking...
...Royal walked three, hit one batter and struck out three while hurling his three-hitter. With the exception of Williams, who scored Harvard's third run in the fourth on a sacrifice by Thomas, no Crimson runner got past second base after Yauch went to the bench...