Word: royalities
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...bombing's actual 50th anniversary, on August 6th. In a statement, he said, "I hope the world deepens its understanding ofnuclear weapons,and I pray for the repose of their victims and for peace, so that humanity will never experience such a disaster again." The muted tone of the royal journey mirrors Japanese ambivalence towards the various international commemorations of World War II's end, notes TIME Nation Editor Howard Chua-Eoan. "It is one of the complexities of the war -- despite being the aggressors, Japan felt victimized and still does today; to date, there has been no official explanation...
...Harvard men's lightweight crew finished in the top eight crews at the Henley Royal Regatta in England late last month and early this month, out of a field...
...Babun, 47, is one of those who thought Fidel would be gone by now. Just 13 when he fled Cuba with his family, he now advises American clients like Royal Caribbean Cruises and Baskin-Robbins on ways to prepare themselves for the post-Fidel market. But he formed his company five years ago in hopes of doing joint ventures in Cuba of the kind the embargo still forbids. Today he must study each shift from Havana and Washington for nuances affecting his clients, an obsession he admits is not shared by the younger generation of entrepreneurs. "It's not true...
DIED. GROUP CAPTAIN PETER TOWNSEND, 80, British war hero and tragic romantic figure; in Paris. A decorated fighter pilot, Townsend downed 11 enemy planes during World War II. But he lost his postwar battle with the royal family and Queen Elizabeth, who disapproved of her sister Princess Margaret's romance with the dashing but divorced royal attendant. "She could have married me," Townsend wrote in his 1978 autobiography, "only if she had been prepared to give up everything." She wasn't. Townsend went into tasteful Continental exile in 1955, forging careers as a disc jockey, wine buyer and U.N. adviser...
...British and French -- who had been held hostage by Bosnian Serbs for six days. They were tired and grimy but in good shape, except for six who had been injured in a road accident. Sitting on a bed in a hotel in Belgrade, a 21-year-old from the Royal Welch Fusiliers said, "All I want now is sex, but I can't say that, can I? Just say I want to see my girlfriend." The men reported they had been treated well. "By the end of the week, they couldn't do enough for us," said the fusilier...